Re: [Evolution] Unable to retrieve message

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 20:03 +0100, Felix Koop wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 07.11.2009, 11:15 -0500 schrieb Philippe LeCavalier:
> > On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 17:09 +0100, Felix Koop wrote: 
> > > I don't have an IMAP server. The INBOX is on local storage and I get all
> > > of my mail from POP servers.
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Kind regards, Felix
> > The same can be done with POP just google 'pop3 command line'.
> >
> > P.S. you responded to me and not the list.
> >
> >         Cheers,
> >         Phil
>
> Just to be sure: The folder in which I get this message is not on any
> server, but on the local machine. But I looked up all servers and there
> is no message in the inbox of any server (not anything that resembles
> this dead message by any means).

The only other thing I can think of is a corrupted mbox file. You might
try passing it through formail (part of the procmail package) which can
clean up problems like this. Or even looking at it with an editor (e.g.
if there's a non-ASCII character in there somewhere it could cause
problems).

poc