Actually i have a couple of quick questions,
What is the output of the command: camel-index-control info mbox.ibex and does the file shrink when you do: camel-index-control compress mbox.ibex On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 12:56, Ali Akcaagac wrote: > On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 00:24, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > When you delete a message, it isn't removed from the mbox file and so > > nor is it removed from the ibex files as it is very possible that the > > user will decide to undelete it. > > > > You'll notice that unless you have Evolution set to "Hide Deleted > > Messages", you will still see the deleted message in the message list > > but it will just be striked out. > > > > Expunge purges deleted messages from the mbox file. Some mail clients > > like Netscape call this "Compact Folder" or whatever. > > i give you an example now maybe it explains it better. i just copied > 1368 mails to my Drafts folder the results look like this: > > bash-2.05b$ ls -l Drafts/ > total 9040 > 1 galaxy users 97 Sep 22 22:37 folder-metadata.xml > 1 galaxy users 95 Sep 23 05:13 local-metadata.xml > 1 galaxy users 7888815 Sep 23 05:18 mbox > 1 galaxy users 294750 Sep 23 05:18 mbox.ev-summary > 1 galaxy users 666624 Sep 23 05:18 mbox.ibex.index > 1 galaxy users 991908 Sep 23 05:18 mbox.ibex.index.data > bash-2.05b$ > > now i delete all mails in the Drafts folder and i will do an 'Empty > Trash' and 'Expunge' only to make it clear. the results look like this: > > bash-2.05b$ ls -l Drafts/ > total 1636 > 1 galaxy users 97 Sep 22 22:37 folder-metadata.xml > 1 galaxy users 95 Sep 23 05:13 local-metadata.xml > 1 galaxy users 0 Sep 23 05:22 mbox > 1 galaxy users 21 Sep 23 05:22 mbox.ev-summary > 1 galaxy users 666624 Sep 23 05:22 mbox.ibex.index > 1 galaxy users 991908 Sep 23 05:18 mbox.ibex.index.data > bash-2.05b$ > > hope this clears some stuff up. now i copied exactly one email to the > Drafts folder. the results look like this: > > bash-2.05b$ ls -l Drafts/ > total 1640 > 1 galaxy users 97 Sep 22 22:37 folder-metadata.xml > 1 galaxy users 95 Sep 23 05:13 local-metadata.xml > 1 galaxy users 2064 Sep 23 05:23 mbox > 1 galaxy users 252 Sep 23 05:23 mbox.ev-summary > 1 galaxy users 667648 Sep 23 05:23 mbox.ibex.index > 1 galaxy users 992796 Sep 23 05:23 mbox.ibex.index.data > bash-2.05b$ > > you can imagine if i deal with large mailinglists such as lkm then i get > a lot of emails each day, now if i delete the stuff and see how the ibex > files stays the same size and enlargens itself more and more then at the > end (2-3 months) i end up in a 50 mb ibex file and a 500kb mbox file (if > i keep it short e.g. 50-100 emails). i call this a serious issue that > needs to get urgently nailed down. > > btw: i hope i wasn't offensive. > > -- > Name....: Ali Akcaagac > Status..: Student Of Computer & Economic Science > E-Mail..: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW.....: http://www.fh-wilhelmshaven.de/~akcaagaa > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
