maybe the more stable version of Evolution was the previous one? :) kidding aside, have you tried archiving your mail, then updating Evolution, and then restoring from archive? or perhaps the MUA is not the core of your problem, maybe it's the mbox format. consider using a MUA that supports a partitioned mail archive format although it won't give you any guarantee against data loss but it can reduce the risk.
and with regards to full-text search, don't count on using a mere SQL database. one of the best practices for implementing a high-performance full-text search is by using a search engine like Lucene[1]. Take Xobni (inbox spelled backwards ^tm)[2] as an example, it performs very well even Bill likes it[3]. it may soon be available on other platforms unless MSFT acquire them first[4]. [1] lucene.apache.org [2] www.xobni.com [3] www.xobni.com/blog/2008/02/11/bill-gates-demoes-xobni [4] www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/microsoft-may-buy-email-startup-xobni On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Gerald Timothy Quimpo < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > > I've stuck with evolution for years because it had a feature i really > needed (Search Folders, updated in realtime). I've had some problems > with it eating email (recently, and maybe half a year ago), so I'm sure > that it's not as reliable as I'd like it to be. > [...] > Opinions on general stability (mailer should not lose email that was > already in the mailbox, evolution did, although it was while I was > updating evolution [...] > Evolution is reasonably fast (although it *could* be faster, maybe if the > email were stored in a database instead and could take advantage of, e.g., > something like postgresql tsearch2 or the mysql equivalent, or if there were > some really superior indexing in there). > > tiger >
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