Re: [Evolution] how to delete a corrupted mail

[Xavier Bestel <xavier bestel free fr>]

On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 12:39 +0100, Jesús Maicas wrote:
> I got an e-mail with a video attached. 
> for whatever the reason the video was corrupted and instead of an
> attached file it show-up in the "body" as ASCII characters (several
> MB) 
>
> when I try to delete it, evolution freezes over it (I suspect trying
> to display several MB of text) 
> so that I cannot delete it and slowing down my whole computer
> overall. 
>
> where is evolution storing the mail file for me to delete it without
> opening evolution? 

You can disable the mail view (the "preview pane" in the "view" menu, in
2.8).

HTH,
        Xav