Re: [Evolution] Can't expunge trash

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> > > >   ls -l ~/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox
> > > -rw------- 1 grasshopper users 1256574 2010-08-19
> > > 21:01 /home/grasshopper/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox
> >
> > So since local/Inbox is file and not a directory that's why you are
> > having a problem.  i.e. that's why you get the error message:
> >
> >  Error storing '~/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox/OpenSuSe (mbox)': Summary
> >  and folder mismatch, even after a sync
>
> For local mbox-format mail, it's normal for Inbox to be a file, even
> when it notionally has subfolders (that's what Inbox.sbd represents).

So even though the error message says "local/Inbox/OpenSuSe", it
actually means "local/Inbox.sbd/OpenSuse"?  Could this be an issue with
a change in folder structure between Evo releases?

> > In your mail folder tree in the Evolution gui, do you have a folder
> > called 'OpenSuSe' hanging of the Inbox?  If not, where is the folder
> > called 'OpenSuSe'?
>
> Presumably inside Inbox.sbd but without a more detailed listing we can't
> be sure.

I meant in the GUI folder structure, not in the file structure on the
disk.


> > > If it helps, I did a 'zypper dup' and it's since then that the
> > problem
> > > started.
> >
> > No idea what zypper is ... quick google ... ah OK, it's a command line
> > package manager for RPM, aka a yum clone. Did you do the full upgrade
> > to
> > OpenSUSE 11.2 using this, or was it after an update to 11.2?
>
> I'm afraid I have nothing to contribute regarding OpenSUSE or zypper. I
> use Fedora.

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