Re: [Evolution] Which folders are safe to delete (namely in ~/.local/share/evolution/) ?

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Thu, 2014-08-21 at 17:12 -0400, Jeff Fortin wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm currently using Evolution 3.12.
>
> I think Evolution has accumulated a fair amount of cruft in my user
> folders over the past ten years or so. I would like to "freshen" it 
> now
> that we've gone through the major changes like the maildir migration
> etc.
>
> Please take a look at the attached screenshot showing the
> suspicious-looking contents of ~/.local/share/evolution/mail...
> Can I safely delete all that (I suppose only the .cmeta files for
> vfolders are still used—or are they...)?
>
> Besides ~/.cache/evolution/, are there other (sub)folders that are 
> "safe
> to nuke" with 3.12+? Sometimes, for testing or cleanliness, I wish
> Evolution had a big red "clean the cruft" button.

        Hi,
I do not want to say it's safe to delete anything, those are 
application files after all, but the .cmeta/.index/.ibex files are 
files which will be regenerated the next start, if needed. Even the 
folders.db file can be deleted, but then you may lost some 
information, like message labels and custom flags. I would be very 
careful with ~/.local/share/evolution, these files have no copy, like 
those in ~/.cache/evolution, which is just a local cache of 
server-side data.
        Bye,
        Milan