Re: [Evolution] troublesome cache

[Richard Bown <richard g8jvm com>]

I know Andre has pointed to all the evo data files
Last attempt was 
sudo apt purge evolution*
evolution --force-shutdown
rm -rf ~/.local/share/evolution
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/evolution
rm -rf ~/.cache/evolution
rm -rf ~/.config/evolution
dconf reset -f /org/gnome/evolution/
gconftool not installed as my DM is cinnamon

check all hidden evol files have gone
then re-istalled evo
richard@richard-Inspiron-3580:~$ ls -s .cache/evolution/mail
total 12
4 1527769677.8716.2@richard-Inspiron-N5030
4 7bb2e693532a510fb41eca211d9e5a026556fa10
4 83febb968dd172d285752d793ebe81d81ef79a59

Its back !!!!!!!!!!
now getting orange warning flashes
Error while storing inbox
Cannot open maildir directory path:
/home/richard/.local/share/evolution/mail/local: No such file or
directory

IF I've uninstalled evo removed all I can find , re-installed, gone
through the config wizard to set a user, why is it not creating a new
install. If it was a fresh install it would create the file in .local.

I  just checked and /home/richard/.local/share/evolution/mail/local
exist, so it cant even find what its made !!!!!!

richard@richard-Inspiron-3580:~$ ls -la
.local/share/evolution/mail/local/
total 12
drwx------ 2 richard richard 4096 Feb  5 17:37 .
drwx------ 3 richard richard 4096 Feb  5 17:01 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 richard richard   28 Feb  5 17:37 ..cmeta

All I want is a fresh clean install with nothing added

I tried asking on the Linux mint forum and just getting called a liar
as they think it doesn't happen.

This is very frustrating


On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 17:01 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 16:43 +0000, Richard Bown wrote:
> > version 3.36.4-0ubuntu1
> > Typically I keep getting warnings it can find locations like
> > Archive/inbox2012., 
> > Big orange bar across the top of the mail listing
> > thats when I change folder back to the inbox, I'm using IMAP
> > Its looking for folders that are no longer in the folder tree on
> > the
> > IMAP server, because they are listed in that offending cache mail
> > file
> > which is old and way out of date
>
> A previous reply I wrote seems to have got lost ...
>
> The cache is not important, it's a red herring. Account configuration
> is NOT stored in the cache. Account configuration is not disposable
> information.
>
> Andre has pointed you to where the account data is stored. Before you
> try and delete things, make sure all of the Evolution programs are
> shutdown, including the background data factories. Easiest way is to
> delete the account(s) from within Evolution, then reboot and login on
> the console (i.e. don't start a GUI session), then delete the
> Evolution
> data locations.
>
> P.
>
>
>
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