Re: [Evolution] Expunging

[M Wedin <wed algonet se>]

On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 13:44 -0700, Robin Laing wrote:
> M Wedin wrote:
> > Expunge is a word that means "Really, really delete", am I right?
> >
> > Well, I'm not succeeding. There are too many files in my Trash, thus I
> > run out of diskspace. I want to free up some space, not fill the disk,
> > that's why I run the expunge in the first place.
> >
> > But I suppose evo is copying to a temp dir before throwing it away?
> >
> > And no more luck with the Junk folder:
> >
> > "Error storing `~/.evolution/mail/local/Sent (mbox)': Summary and folder
> > mismatch, even after a sync"
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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> I am assuming that you are talking about the "Trash" folder in Evolution.
>
> I have to expunge twice to get my "deleted" to empty as well.
>
> Wait for the first one to finish and then do it again.  Sometimes 
> Evolution will expunge the first time, then the next time it will take 
> two attempts.
>
> FWIW, I just had to expunge 3 times to empty my "Deleted Items" folder.
>
> Evo 2.8.3-2.fc6
>
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> Robin Laing
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I have tried expunging several times, it just will not work. Space on
the device runs out and then, nothing is the result. No matter the
amount of times tried.

The Junk folder bails, stating summary mismatch. There are four messages
in that folder.

By the way, Evo is 2.6.3 on Debian Etch

Wed