mbox.ev-summary is the index of messages in the mbox file, the mbox.ibex.* files are word-indexes so that searching on "Body contains" are fast.
Jeff On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 09:27, Simone Peruzzi wrote: > Hi Ben, i solved the problem! > Thanx to your input i checked for the file mbox.ibex.index in > home/evolution/local/inbox. > This file is probably the index of files presents in inbox folder, i > thought (even with some risks...) that if the application is smart > enough and don't see anymore the index file...it will recreate it! And > it has done it ! It has recreated the correct index file. > Now the problem is solved and i can again expunge messages. The problem > so was in a difference between the data file and the index file in INBOX > folder. > Thankyou again, > Simone. > > P.s.: after checking the previous week for some errors on servers, i > discovered the problem that caused the corruption of the index file. > Infact we are in a NIS domain and the home volume of the user was almost > full...when i tried this last weekend to download new emails, probably > the disk space ended up...leaving the index file in a position different > from the data file! That's the KEY ! :))) now i know...well i will have > to go now...i have to say 2 or 3 words to the system engineer > responsible of the NIS domain...hehe...bye. > > > Hi Simone, > > I also had this problem, first experienced around Evolution 0.99. I > believe it started when I was deleting many emails one after the other > (pressing the trashcan icon over and over again), although this is just > a hunch and hard to back up with proof. > > In my situation several of my oldest messages in the folder (I keep many > thousands of messages in my Inbox) could not be read. > > I ended up making a copy of my Inbox and hand editting the copy to > remove what I believed were irrecoverable messages. When I started up > Evo again, the irrecoverables where restored, and my expunge problem had > gone away. I *DO NOT* recommend you do this unless you are confident in > preserving your valuable messages. > > I suspect a corruption in one of the following: > $HOME/evolution/local/Inbox/ > - mbox > - mbox.ev-summary > - mbox.ibex.index > - mbox.ibex.index.data > > so hopefully someone else on the list can explain the ordering and > interaction between these files, and if there are any tools to correct > corruptions. > > Cheers, Ben > > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 21:18, Simone Peruzzi wrote: > > Hi to all the member of this mailing list. > > > > I'm here to disturb you just to know, why since few days to now i > can't > > Expunge anymore my Evolution mailbox. > > I use Evolution 1.2.0, and when i try to expunge the deleted messages > i > > received this error: > > "Error while 'Expunging folder': > > Error storing 'Local folders/inbox': Summary and folder mismatch, > even > > after a sync'" > > > > Do you know how to fix this particular problem? By the way the > > application is working fine...i can receive or send message...just the > > problem on erase the messages. > > Many thanks by now... > > Simone. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
