Re: [Evolution] folder disappearance, filter 'on vacation'

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 09:38 -0500, Daniel L. Johnson wrote:
> Dear Experts,
>
> Folders sometimes disappear from my sidebar, and filters fail to
> function or disappear sporadically.
>
> I'm using Evolution 2.22.3.1 / Foresight Linux / Gnome 2.22.3 and the
> folder-disappearance event has occurred before.
>
> Awhile ago, all the messages in the "Unread" search folder simply
> vanished when I deleted one; there have been no messages in it for
> several weeks until one unread message showed up 9/24 which has
> persisted.
>
> I was away from work yesterday, so the machine was unattended for 24
> hours; evo is always open. When I came to work this morning, a folder
> dedicated to a discussion group had vanished and the new messages from
> the group are in my Inbox. (I haven't looked around to see where the old
> messages are being displayed.)
>
> This raises 2 concerns:
>  1: it's a bug
>  2: How do I recover the folder and its contents? I have about 10 years
> of correspondence in it...

1) Are the folders local or on a remote server? That could affect the
possibility of getting them back, if in fact they were deleted for some
reason.

2) For IMAP folders, you could try deleting the
~/.evolution/mail/imap/<path-to-folder>/{cmeta,summary,summary-meta}
files and let Evo recreate them.

3) For local folders, try the same for
~/.evolution/mail/local/<path-to-folder>/MyFolder.{cmeta,ev-summary,ev-summary-meta,ibex.index,ibex.index.data},
 i.e. everything except MyFolder and MyFolder.sbd if it exists.

poc

PS Stop Evo ("evolution --force-shutdown"} and back up ~/.evolution
before trying this.