You could try just rm'ing the mbox.ev-summary file in the affected mailbox (somewhere under ~/evolution/local/*/).
There was a recurring bug with this that should've been fixed after about 1.0.5 (or maybe 1.0.8) or definetly in 1.2.x. On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 00:18, Simone Peruzzi wrote: > Thankyou very much Ben, i will wait a couple of days to see if someone > else has encountered this error before...after that if it is the only > solution applicable...i will try your. There are many valuable messages > in my mailbox...and as first step...i will do a backup now. > Looking for further answer...i thankyou again, > Simone. > > On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 21:22, Ben Stringer wrote: > > 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 > -- > =========================================== > Simone Peruzzi > System Engineer > EGO Computing Staff > > Phone: +39 050 752 577 > Fax +39 050 752 566 > Portable > EGO - European Gravitational Observatory > Traversa H di Via Macerata > 56021 S. Stefano a Macerata -Pisa-Italy > =========================================== > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
