On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 10:03 +0200, Thomas Mittelstaedt wrote: > Am Samstag, den 18.06.2011, 21:49 -0400 schrieb jim: > > > > > > > > > I am using 2.32.2 in 64 bit Ubuntu 11.04 . My > > > > > inbox is quite large ie. 2.2 GB . Could this be a problem? > > > > > > Is this INBOX on local storage? > > Yes it is POP on local hard drive. > > > > > > > > > > > This is POP presumably. Older versions of Evo did baulk at mbox files of > > > > over 2^31 bytes (2GB) because of the size of file pointers, but IIRC > > > > 2.32.x should no longer have this problem. > > > > > > > > You *have* expunged your deleted files, right? If you haven't, that > > > > Inbox is full of crud which you can at least clean out as a start. > > > > > > > > > Start with a clean setup of evolution with your big INBOX file separated > > > away and then try to import that file with evolutions import > > > functionality, having set up some reasonable filters which split these > > > mails into different folders. > > > Or try to split your big INBOX file into smaller junks. See, for > > > instance: http://tinyurl.com/3v9z5f. > > I tried importing into a clean install but Evo crashed in th eprocess. I > > just got brutal and cleaned a bunch of old stuff out of my Inbox to get > > below 2 GB. Maybe that 2 GB problem still exists because now things seem > > to be working smoothly. I'll see how long it lasts. Thanks again. > > Jim > > > > Maybe the python script http://hints.macworld.com/dlfiles/clean_moz.txt > at > http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20040609231712503 will do > the job to clean up INBOX
That script appears to be for cleaning up mbox files so Apple's Mail.app can understand them, so I'm not sure how relevant it is in this case. Mbox files can also be manipulated by the formail program (part of the procmail package). This includes cleaning up format errors and splitting the file into more manageable chunks. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
