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Evolution won't "expunge" my trash mail.

Asked by David Kinasevych

Here is the error message I get when I try to delete my trash:

Error while expunging folder

Error storing '~/.evolution/mail/local/sent (mbox)': Error storing '~/.evolution/mail/local/inbox (mbox)': Error storing '~/.evolution/mail/local/outbox (mbox)': Summary and folder mismatch, even after a sync

Please help.

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François Tissandier (baloo) said : 		#1

Not cool...
I did some researches on internet, and here is what I found, worth a try maybe:

"Well, I found a way to get rid of the error once it shows up: deleting the file ~/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox.ev-summary (it may be in a different folder on your machine, if so just $sudo locate -u ; locate Inbox.ev-summary) You also may have to restart, then it should work."

Worth trying I think. But make sure to delete the right file (not "Inbox.ev-summary" in your case). And instead of deleting, I would instead move them to another folder just in case you need to move them back...

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