Re: [Evolution] Evolution version 3.28.5 - how to recover deleted messages

[Ángel <angel 16bits net>]

On 2019-09-04 at 08:49 +0200, Milan Crha wrote:
> With deleted folders, well, it looks like it deletes the folder and the
> content of it irrecoverably. The IMAP deletes also the obsolete cache
> files.
>
> I'm afraid your messages from the deleted folder are gone. I'm sorry.

They are deleted at evolution side.

However, I think it is worth looking at the account from the webmail
interface, in case they may be recovered from there. Bruno (or Mara?)
seems to be using a gmail account. We all know that Gmail works a bit
different.
If using it as an IMAP account, it may be possible that the deleted are
still available in the Trash folder from Gmail web interface (I don't
know how it handles such deletion).
In case it was a POP3 account, Gmail usually keeps the mail at the
server (POP3 DELE simply marks it to not show again for POP download).

And it is really simple to look there. In case it doesn't show them,
either, I'm afraid they would have to restore those mails from their
latest backup.

Good email recovery!