Re: [Evolution] More help fixing my evolution 3.4.2 under Fedora 17.

[Matthew Barnes <mbarnes redhat com>]

On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 16:23 -0500, Leonard Evens wrote:
> For example, I find that the files appearing in my current local folders
> appear as dot files in .local/share/evolution/mail/local
> Is that how things are supposed to be organized?

Correct.

> From what you said before it sounds like your current local folders
never got migrated to Maildir format for some reason and are still in
mbox format.

To test that theory, try the following:

1) Shutdown Evolution.

2) Rename ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local to something else, say
   "recovery" for the sake of discussion.

3) Restart Evolution.  It will create a new "On This Computer" storage
   area in Maildir format.

4) File -> Import, pick the file "recovery/Inbox" and see if Evolution
   recognizes it as an mbox file.  If so, import it to your new Maildir
   Inbox under "On This Computer".

5) Repeat step 4 for your other mbox folders.

This of course will be cumbersome if you have lots of folders.  Maybe
others on this list know of a more efficient way.

If my guess is wrong and this fails, you can restore your "recovery"
folder back to its original spot so you're no worse off than before.

Hope this helps,
Matthew Barnes