Re: [Evolution] Lost eMails from INBOX

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 21:45 -0500, David Starr wrote:
> I was sending an eMail with a small attachment (~56k).  When I hit
> send, all looked normal.
> Checked the gmail account that I sent it to, nothing, even after 10

Ok, so you are using GMail; it is easier to just state that.  Are you
using POP [bad] or IMAP [good]?  (ah, nevermind, I see it at the end of
the message)

>  minutes.  Went back to evolution, checked sent mail, not there,
> checked outbox, not there, checked drafts, not there.  tried a second
> time, same thing.  shut down evolution, restarted, came up with a
> "recover" message, clicked on recover option, just kept popping the
> recover option up.   Shut down & restarted, INBOX was completely
> empty!  but the messages (2) I was attempting to send were both in the
> sent box now.
> Everything looks normal except the inbox.  Sent a message from gmail,
> now there is 1 message in the in the inbox. 

1 message in the INBOX in Evolution, or 1 message in the GMail
interface?  Do you see other messages in your GMail interface?

What happens if you just undelete the messages in GMail?  [doesn't GMail
keep everything?]

>  Browsed through the .evolution directories, found some old files in
> INBOX down a few levels.   Where are the messages stored?  I see old
> info about mbox files, but that appears to be different now.
> contacts, calendars, sent, tasks are all OK.
> search box is clear,  view "hide deleted" is not selected, show "All
> Messages" is set.
> Where is the mail stored in 2.28.1?   

No clue; happily using 2.30.x and never ever use stupid, ugly, and
obsolete POP.

I'd guess it is ~/.evolution/mail/pop/{account}/

> I'm digging through docs now, please help shortcut my searching!