Re: [Evolution] Strange new folder
On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 18:19 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 14:03 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: A folder named gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general has just appeared; I don't remember creating it. It can't be deleted. Right-click-Properties does not produce the usual popup. In $HOME/.evolution/mail/local it appears as a directory containing a single file named folders.db . Presumably you subscribed to the Gmane NNTP server. The folder doesn't contain mail but news articles from the Fedora group. I don't remember doing this. Certainly never intended to. In fact (as noted) the directory is empty except for the index file. How was this folder created? How can it be deleted? Unsubscribe from Gmane. How do I unsuscribe? How (for that matter) do I subscribe? Google is uninformative. Likewise evolution help. To get rid of the folder, I assume I could simply: $ rm -rf .evolution/mail/local/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general but thought it would be a better idea to consult with experts before doing this. Evolution has been acting weirder and weirder lately, losing messages, moving folders into subfolders of others, crashing frequently, etc. None of that has been happening to me. Try moving ~/.evolution to one side and creating a new one. I suppose this would work, since it would probably remove one of the causes of the problem, namely a large number of messages in local folders. I recently cleaned up my ~/.evolution by emptying the trash and deleting all of the local index files, so that evolution would re-create them when started. Things got better for a few days, then reverted to their original bad state. In more detail, evolution becomes unresponsive 3 or 4 times a day. It doesn't exactly crash, since it is sometimes still running, and responding to some kinds of stimuli; clicking the X on the decoration, sometimes produces a system popup asking if the program should be killed, and sometimes doesn't. Also, if you want to report problems, it's important to state which version of Evo you have, what platform it's running on, and what kind of mail is giving trouble (POP, IMAP, Exchange, ...). Sorry, you're quite right. $ evolution --version GNOME evolution 2.26.3 $ uname -rs Linux 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.jon.x86_64 I'm running Fedora-11 with all upgrades installed. All mail folders are local. What would be a more reliable mail reader? This is probably not the best place to ask that question ... Just as you say. Thanks - jon ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Strange new folder
On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 08:40 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 18:19 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 14:03 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: A folder named gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general has just appeared; I don't remember creating it. It can't be deleted. Right-click-Properties does not produce the usual popup. In $HOME/.evolution/mail/local it appears as a directory containing a single file named folders.db . Presumably you subscribed to the Gmane NNTP server. The folder doesn't contain mail but news articles from the Fedora group. I don't remember doing this. Certainly never intended to. In fact (as noted) the directory is empty except for the index file. How was this folder created? How can it be deleted? Unsubscribe from Gmane. How do I unsuscribe? How (for that matter) do I subscribe? To subscribe, create a new account and select NNTP as the server type (this is in the online Help). To unsubscribe, see below. Google is uninformative. Likewise evolution help. To get rid of the folder, I assume I could simply: $ rm -rf .evolution/mail/local/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general but thought it would be a better idea to consult with experts before doing this. Open Edit-Preferences. If you subscribed to Gmane you'll see an account (which could be called anything but should be something other than your regular accounts). Click on the tick box to disable it and it will disappear from the folder list. If there is no such account, then something is screwed up but it's hard to say what. In any case, if you're going to modify anything under .evolution remember always to --force-shutdown first. Evolution has been acting weirder and weirder lately, losing messages, moving folders into subfolders of others, crashing frequently, etc. None of that has been happening to me. Try moving ~/.evolution to one side and creating a new one. I suppose this would work, since it would probably remove one of the causes of the problem, namely a large number of messages in local folders. I recently cleaned up my ~/.evolution by emptying the trash and deleting all of the local index files, so that evolution would re-create them when started. Things got better for a few days, then reverted to their original bad state. In more detail, evolution becomes unresponsive 3 or 4 times a day. It doesn't exactly crash, since it is sometimes still running, and responding to some kinds of stimuli; clicking the X on the decoration, sometimes produces a system popup asking if the program should be killed, and sometimes doesn't. Possibly a slow network connection. I get the same thing from time to time. Unfortunately Evo is not as multi-threaded as it ought to be and the whole GUI can become unresponsive because it's waiting for some network event. It usually wakes up after a while, but if not then do --force-shutdown and restart. Also, if you want to report problems, it's important to state which version of Evo you have, what platform it's running on, and what kind of mail is giving trouble (POP, IMAP, Exchange, ...). Sorry, you're quite right. $ evolution --version GNOME evolution 2.26.3 $ uname -rs Linux 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.jon.x86_64 I'm running Fedora-11 with all upgrades installed. Exactly the same version as I have. All mail folders are local. Do you mean that all your mail is all POP-based, or that there's an independant daemon doing local delivery? poc ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Strange new folder
On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 15:44 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: ... Open Edit-Preferences. If you subscribed to Gmane you'll see an account (which could be called anything but should be something other than your regular accounts). Click on the tick box to disable it and it will disappear from the folder list. If there is no such account, then something is screwed up but it's hard to say what. In any case, if you're going to modify anything under .evolution remember always to --force-shutdown first. Something is screwed up. I'll delete the folder (after shutting evo down). All mail folders are local. Do you mean that all your mail is all POP-based, or that there's an independent daemon doing local delivery? All my mail is POP-based and stored locally. I have run fetchmail in the past, but not for the last few years. Maybe it's time to try it out again. jon ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
[Evolution] Strange new folder
A folder named gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general has just appeared; I don't remember creating it. It can't be deleted. Right-click-Properties does not produce the usual popup. In $HOME/.evolution/mail/local it appears as a directory containing a single file named folders.db . How this folder was created? How can it be deleted? Evolution has been acting weirder and weirder lately, losing messages, moving folders into subfolders of others, crashing frequently, etc. What would be a more reliable mail reader? Thanks - jon ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Strange new folder
On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 14:03 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: A folder named gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general has just appeared; I don't remember creating it. It can't be deleted. Right-click-Properties does not produce the usual popup. In $HOME/.evolution/mail/local it appears as a directory containing a single file named folders.db . Presumably you subscribed to the Gmane NNTP server. The folder doesn't contain mail but news articles from the Fedora group. How this folder was created? How can it be deleted? Unsubscribe from Gmane. Evolution has been acting weirder and weirder lately, losing messages, moving folders into subfolders of others, crashing frequently, etc. None of that has been happening to me. Try moving ~/.evolution to one side and creating a new one. Also, if you want to report problems, it's important to state which version of Evo you have, what platform it's running on, and what kind of mail is giving trouble (POP, IMAP, Exchange, ...). What would be a more reliable mail reader? This is probably not the best place to ask that question ... poc ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Strange new folder
What would be a more reliable mail reader? This is probably not the best place to ask that question ... Besides, google can help you out on that, just as it probably can for your previous questions. ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
