On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:06:46 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2013-02-22 at 19:04 +0000, Ben Holness wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have an evolution install (3.2.3) with about 200,000 messages in the >> trash. >> >> When I hit empty trash, it starts working and at the bottom (where you >> get >> the "generating list" and "sending message" information boxes), it starts >> showing that it is "Retrieving message '[message id]' in inbox" >> >> Each one of these lasts around a second before the next one is shown. >> >> By my calculations, it will take two and a half days to get through them >> all and I don't even know if it is emptying them or just preparing and >> then >> it has more to do. >> >> Is there a quick way to empty the trash, or a way to empty a few messages >> at a time? > > Since you don't say where the Trash is (IMAP server, local mbox, local > Maildir, Exchange, ...) there's no way to give a sensible answer to that > question. That's because trash is handled differently on different > scenarios, e.g. on an IMAP server there is no Trash folder (it's a > virtual folder) so emptying it means the server has to visit all the > folders with messages marked for deletion and expunge them. > > Also: don't forget to say what version of Evo you have (Help->About). >
I think it's local Maildir (if I look in ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local I see cur, new and tmp folders). Evo Version 3.2.3 (as I said above ;) ). I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and it's what was installed when I apt-get installed it. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
