Re: [Evolution] Old emails missing

[Ken Wright <wizard koalatyworks com>]

On Thu, 2022-01-13 at 22:36 -0800, Alex Doll wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Wright via evolution-list <evolution-list gnome org>
> Subject: [Evolution] Old emails missing
> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:19:59 -0500
>
> > I'm not sure if this is an Evolution problem or a Dovecot problem. 
> > I run a private email server (Postfix 3.4.13, Dovecot 2.3.7.2) and,
> > after a recent failure and reinstall, I can't find my old emails. 
> > Dovecot, using imap, is pointing to the correct directory, and the
> > old emails are there, but for some reason Evolution (3.40.4-1) only
> > sees the mail that's arrived since the reinstall.
>
> Which got reinstalled, Evo or Dovecot?  Or both?

Dovecot.

> Does Dovecot actually serve the files to a different email client --
> there might be a permissions problem or something else keeping
> Dovecot from reading the old emails.
>
> If you have the old evolution directory in your home, perhaps try
> renaming and starting with a blank directory?  Make sure Evo is shut
> down completely before renaming the folder:
>
> evolution --force-shutdown

I'll give that a shot!

Ken