Re: [Evolution] evolution-list Digest, Vol 57, Issue 23

[Federico Mendez <mendezfederico87 gmail com>]

I got a question for you guys, how do I back up evolution messages but in .pst so I can share them with outlook users?

THanks a lot for the answer

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:51:39 +0530
From: Akhil Laddha <lakhil novell com>
To: Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>
Cc: evolution-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [Evolution] (no subject)
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On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 09:59 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 09:45 -0400, Jonathan Jacobs wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 14:57 -0400, Jonathan Jacobs wrote:
> > >> My mother has a boat load of emails that she is trying to delete.
> > >>  Evolution is having a problem doing that.  I have posted a bug but
> > >>  only a few people have had this problem and they have Ubuntu 9.10.  No
> > > > error messages pop up, the emails just sit in the trash folder and do
> > >>  nothing.
> > >
> > >Does the user understand the Evo deletion model: mark the message
> > >Deleted, and later on Expunge the folder?
> > >
> > >Is the account in question local (POP) or remote (IMAP, Exchange, etc.)?
> > >
> > >If the account is local, check the size of the offending folder (not
> > >Trash but the the folder she's deleting from, probably Inbox). If it's
> > >close to 2GB, that may be the problem. ALso make sure there is at least
> > >2GB free space on the filesystem that holds /tmp.
> > >
> > >poc
> >
> > Thanks for helping me with this problem. The error that I saw was
> >  "Error while expunging folder".  It is a pop3 account and the emails
> >  are just regular emails.  No attachments.  She deletes from IN box and
> >  expunges from trash folder.  Lots of free space.  I deleted what was
> >  in the /tmp folder and rebooted and I get the same error.  Please, any
> >  other ideas? Jonathan
>
> Once again, check the size of the Inbox file, e.g.:
>
> ls -lh ~/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox
>
> If it's close to 2GB, surgery will be required. This is because Evo
> can't handle mbox-format files larger than this. Expunging trash from an
> mbox file implies making a copy of the file, which is how this situation
> can arise.
>

If mbox file is less than 2 GB then have a look at
http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#Why_do_I_get_an_error_.22Summary_and_folder_mismatch.2C_even_after_a_sync.22.3F

- Akhil





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