Re: [Evolution] Re: Problem moving messages to inbox

[Ron Johnson <ron l johnson cox net>]

On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 09:02 -0800, Auerbach, Steven P. wrote:
> There were multiple replies to my query; here are the answers:
>
>
> > Tell us what version of Evo and glibc you are using.
> Evo 2.4.1
> I believe (after consulting adept) I am using 2.3.5-1ubuntu12 (not

adept?

> really sure on this one, however... how do I tell?)

$ apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
  Installed: 2.3.6-3
  Candidate: 2.3.6-4
  Version table:
     2.3.6-4 0
        500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/main Packages
 *** 2.3.6-3 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


> > Looks like a filesystem problem. Some Linux kernel versions can't handle 
> > files of over 2GB. This has nothing to do with free disk space. Try 
> > compacting your Inbox (File->Empty Trash) or moving some messages to a 
> > different folder (and then compacting anyway).
>
> I compacted (and also moved files to a new folder), and now I have no
> problems copying. Problem solved. 

That's interesting.

Could the Evo mbox code not have been modified for large-file
support?

> Regarding inability of my kernel to handle such large files, I am using
> 2.6.12-9-386, which is fairly up to date, so I doubt that this is a
> problem.

No, that's way modern enough.  Anything 2.4 or newer is adequate.

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