Re: [Evolution] Re-fetching or removing empty IMAP message or zero-length message files

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 15:19 +1030, Wayne Sierke wrote:
> Lately I've had a number of instances where evolution has crashed or
> hung  apparently while retrieving a new IMAP message. As a result upon
> restarting evolution I find an 'empty' message (message source shows
> just the initial headers) and I find a zero-length file in
> ~/.evolution/mail/imap/<account>/folders/INBOX/[subfolders...].
>
> I haven't found a way to either force evolution to re-fetch the message
> or clear out the empty message file. Is there any such facility, or do I
> have to continue removing these files manually?

If it's a regular occurrence maybe there's a problem with your Evo or
your server since this isn't something that happens to most people.
There have been cases of Evo barfing on a specific message, though I
haven't seen this recently. What is your Evo version? Is the problem
always with the same message? always with HTML messages? very large
messages?, messages with attachments? You need to give more information.

In the meantime, try going offline and online again, or switching to a
different folder and then back. Evo should resync with the server, which
might correct the problem. If your Evo is recent, try starting it with
plugins disabled (evolution --disable-eplugin).

poc