Re: [Evolution] Expunging

[Robin Laing <Robin Laing drdc-rddc gc ca>]

M Wedin wrote:
> 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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> 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
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Are these local (on your machine) folders?

If they are, you may have to manually delete the files in them.  Look in 
the .evolution directory and see if you have a Trash and Junk folder. 
Make sure that Evolution is fully stopped before deleting them.


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Robin Laing