Re: [Evolution] Fast way to empty trash?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2013-02-22 at 19:04 +0000, Ben Holness wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an evolution install (3.2.3) with about 200,000 messages in the
> trash.
>
> When I hit empty trash, it starts working and at the bottom (where you get
> the "generating list" and "sending message" information boxes), it starts
> showing that it is "Retrieving message '[message id]' in inbox"
>
> Each one of these lasts around a second before the next one is shown.
>
> By my calculations, it will take two and a half days to get through them
> all and I don't even know if it is emptying them or just preparing and then
> it has more to do.
>
> Is there a quick way to empty the trash, or a way to empty a few messages
> at a time?

Since you don't say where the Trash is (IMAP server, local mbox, local
Maildir, Exchange, ...) there's no way to give a sensible answer to that
question. That's because trash is handled differently on different
scenarios, e.g. on an IMAP server there is no Trash folder (it's a
virtual folder) so emptying it means the server has to visit all the
folders with messages marked for deletion and expunge them.

Also: don't forget to say what version of Evo you have (Help->About).

poc