Evolution problem - Solved!

Mark Haney mhaney at interactsys.com
Tue Oct 5 21:32:46 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 16:40, Graham Campbell wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 11:13, Mark Haney wrote:
> > I'm getting a funny problem trying to empty the trash in Evolution. 
> > Here's the error I get:
> > 
> > Error while 'Expunging folder':
> > Error storing `Local folders/Inbox': Summary and folder mismatch, even
> > after a sync
> > 
> > I recently restored my Evolution folders after a re-install of FC2, has
> > anyone seen this problem and how do I fix it?
> > 
> > --------------------------------------
> I have had luck with the following:
> 1) Exit evolution
> 2) Go to the folder in question (e.g. ~/evolution/local/Inbox)
> 3) Delete everything that starts with mbox except the mbox itself.
> 4) Restart evolution
> Evolution will recreate those index files you just deleted.
> -- 
> Graham Campbell <gc1111 at optonline.net>

Hey that worked.  Thanks for that tip.  I'll keep that in mind if it
happens again.


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Mark Haney
Network Administrator
InterAct Public Safety Systems
mhaney at interactsys.com
Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 
17:32:04 up 9:47, 3 users, load average: 3.24, 3.13, 3.16 
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