[Bug 197290] Re: 2 gb max inbox

[nocturrne]

I rechecked this today and confirmed the bug still has not been fixed -
although, it has changed slightly.

Evolution 2.24.3
Ubuntu 8.10
2.6.27-11-generic

Evo now gives an error message and does not allow the creation of
folders larger than 2GB.

Error Msg:
"Cannot append message to mbox file: 
/home/user/.evolution/mail/local/mail.sbd/2Gtest: File too large"

When you reach this point, you have to manually make a new folder and a
filter setting to route incoming mail there.

I guess this is a little better than having the folder mysteriously stop
working.   :)

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[Bug 197290] Re: 2 gb max inbox

[nocturrne]

I have the same problem every 6 months or so.  This lame bug has been
around since at least 2005.  Please fix it.

Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10
Evolution 2.12.1

The best workaround I have found is to use archivemail to archive the
old mail in the file, reducing the file size.

install archivemail:

sudo apt-get install archivemail

archive all mail older than 90 days:

archivemail -d90 ~/.evolution/mail/local/yourmailfile

After doing this, the file size is reduced way below 2GB, so it will
open the next time you start evolution.  If you like you can decompress
the archive file and import it into another folder in evolution - takes
a while though...

Regards

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