Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: evolution
Evolution stores local information about IMAP server directories in
~/.evolution/mail/imap/<server name>/folders.db
This file will frequently get corrupted and out of sync with the real
number of messages in the folders on the server. Doing a "Send/Receive"
does NOT correct the problem, nor does actually viewing the contents of
the folder - e.g. the folder count will show 2 unread messages, when
opening the folder shows no messages at all, and even after opening the
folder the count will show 2 unread messages.
Again: neither expunging the directory, closing and restarting
Evolution, nor doing a send and receive will clear the erroneous counts.
Shutting down Evolution, deleting the folders.db file, and restarting
Evolution will clear the problem.
NOTE: Unlike some of the other bug reports, no error messages are
presented to the user in this case.
Steps to reproduce:
Given a working IMAP setup with Evolution, update all folders, then kill
evolution (e.g. killall -KILL evolution).
Expected results:
Upon restart Evolution should rebuild the counts in all the folders.
Actual results
Evolution shows bogus counts on many (but not all) folders.
Reproducibility: High, if not every time.
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii evolution 2.24.3-0ubuntu groupware suite with mail client and organiz
ii evolution-comm 2.24.3-0ubuntu architecture independent files for Evolution
ii evolution-data 2.24.3-0ubuntu evolution database backend server
ii evolution-data 2.24.3-0ubuntu architecture independent files for Evolution
un evolution-data <none> (no description available)
un evolution-data <none> (no description available)
ii evolution-dbg 2.24.3-0ubuntu debugging symbols for Evolution
pn evolution-exch <none> (no description available)
un evolution-exch <none> (no description available)
ii evolution-plug 2.24.3-0ubuntu standard plugins for Evolution
un evolution-plug <none> (no description available)
ii evolution-webc 2.24.0-0ubuntu webcal: URL handler for GNOME and Evolution
** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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folders.db gets out of sync with mail server
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346352
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