Re: [Evolution] Inbox too large

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam opengroupware us>]

On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 13:25 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 02:00 -0700, anders70 wrote:
> > Now I have realized that I should have used the 'Expunge' function after
> > moving mails out of the Inbox, in order to ensure they are actually removed
> > from the Inbox file.
> I would strongly advise everyone to turn off the "Hide Deleted Messages"
> function - at least then you can see what is happening.

Ditto; "hide delete" is a mis-feature [required by that set of users who
completely refuse to use e-mail correctly].  The best advice is not to
use it,  that way you are visually encouraged to perform Ctrl-E at
logical intervals.

> > Some sort of warning/reminder that the Inbox file is reaching a a ridiculous
> > size might be nice in future versions, along with an advice to use the
> > Expunge function :-)
> It depends what you mean by a "ridiculous size"!  Some people get
> stressed if they have a inbox with more than a couple of messages in it!
> Others keep their whole life in it - and get really, really stressed if
> you even hint that they might have to reduce the size of their 2Gb inbox
> with 40,000 messages in it.

I've got one mailbox with >400,000 messages! :)