On Mon, 2021-04-26 at 15:02 +0000, Sorin Srbu via evolution-list wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-04-26 at 16:27 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> > On Mon, 2021-04-26 at 12:26 +0200, Steve via evolution-list wrote:
> > > Shot in the dark but also check in your account settings that you
> > > have chosen to display unsubscribed folders to make sure all folders
> > > are returned before the search. This one always catches me out when
> > > setting up exchange accounts.
> >
> > Hi,
> > that setting is available only for IMAP accounts (here is used EWS) and
> > it ("Show only subscribed folders) is off by default, thus newly
> > created accounts do show subscribed and unsubscribed folders.
> >
> > A related thing, Sorin searches in a single folder, thus the folder is
> > already shown in the GUI.
> >
> > Sorin, I tried it here, with an Office 365 account, and I can search
> > "Subject or Addresses contain" with "Show All Messages" and "in Current
> > Folder" options, with no problem. I write part of one of the recipients
> > and only messages to that person are shown in the Sent Items folder.
> > This search should be done locally. Could you try to do the search when
> > you've run evolution from a terminal, please? There's a very little
> > chance, but maybe it'll print something there.
> >
> > An alternative would be to refetch everything from the server from
> > scratch. I do not know how the local cache could get confused, but in
> > case it is, it'll help. The files are stored in
> >
> > ~/.cache/evolution/mail/<ews-account-UID>/
>
> I'm thinking the refetch when moving sent items to another folder did the
> trick.
> I moved back the sent mails to its original folder and the mails are now
> searchable again.
>
> If this happens again, is there a way force refresh the local cache?
>
>
>
> > It's the directory containing folder-tree file. By moving the directory
> > away, when Evolution is closed, Evolution will re-download the
> > information about the folders and their content. It can take a long
> > time and use a lot of bandwidth, depending on the amount of the folders
> > and the mails you've stored on the server. There's also no assurance
> > it'll help for the search. The only thing I know is that it works for
> > me.
>
> Ah, got it. Thanks!
> It did take a long time, although there were only about 4500 mails.
> The sent mail folder is probably the single biggest one I have.
>
>
>
> > Oh, and another thing is to move away:
> >
> > ~/.config/evolution/mail/state.ini
> >
> > file, which contains information about the settings you've done for
> > each folder, including the search settings. Only move it away, do not
> > delete it, thus you can return it back if needed.
> > Bye,
> > Milan
>
> This will be Plan B if the folder-routine doesn't help.
>
> For now it seems the folder move fixed stuff - probably a cache problem.
>
> Thanks for the assistance, I appreciate it!Just closed Evolution and restarted it from the command line. This is what it says: sorin@lanfear2:~$ evolution (evolution-alarm-notify:170888): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 17:03:05.844: Your application did not unregister from D-Bus before destruction. Consider using g_application_run(). Not sure what that is about though; "g_application_run" rings of something related to gnome maybe? FWIW, I use KDE as my DE. -- Sorin Srbu, Serverdrift Tele: 08-524 84166 Karolinska Institutet Universitetsbibliotek Avdelningen för Verksamhetsstöd Enheten för Teknikstöd och Bildproduktion
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