OK, I deleted the following files in evolution/mail/imap/accountname/folders/*/ *. *.? *.??
restarted evolution and it works. I can see the headers and when I click on an email it fetches it from the server again. So far no crashes. Cheers On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 16:05 -0400, Martin Reuter wrote: > the cache folder is very small. The problem is the folders > in .evolution/mail/imap > for each account. > Do you mean to delete those folders? > I'd like to keep my account settings and only purge the local email > copies, and have it download headers again. > > Thanks > > On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 15:22 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 13:45 -0400, Martin Reuter wrote: > > > I use IMAP with evolution and need to free local disk space > > > ( .evolution is getting too large). > > > So I'd like to keep the server copies, just delete local copies of > > > older emails. It's OK to keep the header locally, but not the full > > > body or even attachments. How can that be done? > > > > Yes, I believe that is what happens by default unless you've checked to > > cache messages locally. Of course messages may get cached if you > > actually view them. > > > > > I use version 2.12.3 and don't think I can update easily (network setup > > > at work). > > > > Yikes, that is antique. > > > > But I recall doing this previously. Just make sure evolution is > > actually stopped [no evolution processes running] and delete the > > contents of the cache folder. That is how I did it in the past, and > > Evolution just reconstituted the folder with what it needed when I > > started it next time. > > > > Note that this is a you-break-it-you-buy-it kind of thing to do; if it > > doesn't work it is *NOT* *NOT* *NOT* a flaw in Evolution. Playing > > around underneath your applications is *BAD*. > > > > The correct way would just be to delete the IMAP account, restart > > Evolution, and re-add the IMAP account. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
