Re: [Evolution] zombie mail account won't give up trying to get data from deleted mailbox

[Dan Kortschak <dan kortschak io>]

Thank you.

Dan

On Mon, 2020-03-09 at 15:20 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-03-09 at 14:35 +0100, Dan Kortschak wrote:
> > .cache/evolution/mail/trash/<UID>
> > .cache/evolution/mail/<UID>
> >
> > and a variety of .config/evolution/mail/folders/et-expanded-
> > folder:__<UID>_<folder> files exist.
>
>       Hi,
> you can delete them all. The one in the 'trash' subdirectory suggests
> Evolution did delete the account, but it had been restored afterwards
> (or its deletion was not finished completely).
>
> > I used the Delete button in the Evolution Preferences dialog.
>
> I see. That worked fine for me, as far as I remember.
>
> > Yes, it was, the machine has been power-cycled since it was
> > deleted.
>
> That you still have it in .cache/evolution/mail/<UID>, and that the
> source registry had been restarted and it still claims about that
> mail
> account, means there is still available a "<UID>.source" file
> somewhere, at/under one of those directories I mentioned in my
> previous
> mail. Try to search for it and eventually delete it/them. If not
> searching by UID, search the *.source files for the email address you
> used in that (partially) removed account.
>       Bye,
>       Milan
>
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