Re: [Evolution] delete from trash

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> > What new format are you talking about? This is ambiguous unless we know
> > the Evo version.
>
> Whatever was referenced in the email above mine.

What "email above" - there are no references or in-reply-to headers in
your original email so there's no way of knowing which thread you are
talking about - or where your message fits in the thread.  But I presume
you mean that Evo now uses Maildir as it's internal format.

And no, it shouldn't affect anything.

> > What does "can't empty trash" mean? You get an error? The action appears
> > to work but nothing happens? It appears to work but something unexpected
> > happens?
>
> When I try to empty trash, and I don't have a working network
> connection, I get the following error:
>
> "Error while Expunging folder '.#evolution/Trash'.
> Host lookup failed: pop.1and1.com: Name or service not known"
>
> If I have a working internet connection, but I've told evolution to go
> offline, I can empty the trash folder. And obviously, if I get that
> error message then connect to a network I can empty the trash no
> problems.
>
> This is what I mean when I say I can't empty the trash unless I'm
> connected to the internet.

It sounds like a bug - file it in bugzilla.

You might like to try disabling the account temporarily and then see if
you can expunge the folder when offline then.  (Evo downloads POP
messages and stores them locally - consequently when you disable the
account the messages are still around.)

P.