On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 00:54 -0400, jim wrote: > Thanks for helping out. > > > > > > > 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 a POP account on local storage. > > > > > > > > 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 with a fresh install but it crashed during the > importing process. I went in to my 2.2 GB folder and deleted some stuff > to bring my INBOX down to 1.6 GB. That seemed to have solved my problems > for now. I am assuming it isn't because of a 2 GB limit but I could be > wrong. I figured on a 64 bit system with a recent version of Evo that > wouldn't be a problem. Thanks for the help on this.
IIRC the 64-bitness is not relevant. Until fairly recently the internal file index was limited to 31 bits even on 64-bit versions. This limitation was removed one or two releases back so in theory it shouldn't affect you. 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
