Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 18:48 -0500, Dr. John H. Lauterbach wrote:
> I was able to remove the .cache files without a problem.  I closed
> Evolution, used Nemo with elevated permissions to delete the files.
>  A restarted Evolution.  Problem solved.

        Hi,
out of interest, did you want to delete it from the local cache, while
it was not shown in the GUI at all (even with View->Show Deleted/Junk
Messages checked)? The file will be removed from the local cache after
some time period, depending on your local cache policy from the
Receiving Options tab, but, for deleted/moved messages, the local cache
message should be removed/moved as well.

In this particular case (and no where else), that being cached mail
messages, those can be removed also when having Evolution running, even
when viewing the message in the Preview panel. The next time the
message is selected it is downloaded again (by a very simple logic:
cache file doesn't contain requested file => download it first).

Nonetheless, I agree it's always safer to close the application, which
can access the files, to avoid unexpected issues.
        Bye,
        Milan