Re: [Evolution] Strange new folder

[Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh pacbell net>]

On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 18:19 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 
> On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 14:03 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > A folder named gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general has just appeared; I
> > don't remember creating it.  It can't be deleted.
> > Right-click->Properties does not produce the usual popup.  In
> > $HOME/.evolution/mail/local it appears as a directory containing a
> > single file named folders.db .
>
> Presumably you subscribed to the Gmane NNTP server. The folder doesn't
> contain mail but news articles from the Fedora group.

I don't remember doing this.  Certainly never intended to.  In fact (as
noted) the directory is empty except for the index file.

> > How was this folder created?  How can it be deleted?
>
> Unsubscribe from Gmane.

How do I unsuscribe?  How (for that matter) do I subscribe?  Google is
uninformative.  Likewise evolution help.  To get rid of the folder, I
assume I could simply: 
        $ rm -rf .evolution/mail/local/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
but thought it would be a better idea to consult with experts before
doing this.

> > Evolution has been acting weirder and weirder lately, losing messages,
> > moving folders into subfolders of others, crashing frequently, etc.
>
> None of that has been happening to me. Try moving ~/.evolution to one
> side and creating a new one.

I suppose this would work, since it would probably remove one of the
causes of the problem, namely a large number of messages in local
folders.

I recently cleaned up my ~/.evolution by emptying the trash and deleting
all of the local index files, so that evolution would re-create them
when started.  Things got better for a few days, then reverted to their
original bad state.

In more detail, evolution becomes unresponsive 3 or 4 times a day.  It
doesn't exactly crash, since it is sometimes still running, and
responding to some kinds of stimuli; clicking the "X" on the decoration,
sometimes produces a system popup asking if the program should be
killed, and sometimes doesn't.

> Also, if you want to report problems, it's important to state which
> version of Evo you have, what platform it's running on, and what kind of
> mail is giving trouble (POP, IMAP, Exchange, ...).

Sorry, you're quite right.
        $ evolution --version
        GNOME evolution 2.26.3
        $ uname -rs
        Linux 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.jon.x86_64
I'm running Fedora-11 with all upgrades installed.
All mail folders are local.
        

> > What would be a more reliable mail reader?
>
> This is probably not the best place to ask that question ...

Just as you say.

Thanks - jon