Re: [Evolution] Maildir messages not found by EVO, but files are there

[Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>]

Jeff,

Have you tried to upgrade to version 2.26? I ran a 2.26 svn version on
ubuntu 8.10 for quite a while.
Word has it, that evolution 2.24.xx was a very buggy release. 


Am Dienstag, den 19.05.2009, 01:01 -0500 schrieb Jeff Nelson:
> Environment: Ubuntu 08.10 (Intrepid), Evolution 2.24.3-0ubuntu1
>
> I have an email account set up using the maildir protocol. The root 
> folder is /home/jnelson/Mail. This account is 8 years old and contains 
> email messages going back to 2002.
>
> Evolution has trouble displaying certain "older" messages, even though 
> it seems that the file it's looking for is right there.
>
> Here's an example. I've created a (virtual) search folder from a search 
> query. The folder's list of messages correctly displays the message 
> fields: From, Subject, Date and Attachment (paper clip icon). If I 
> select one of the messages, however, I get this in the message preview pane:
>
>    Unable to retrieve message
>    Cannot get message: 1206678826.6638_8.jen from folder 
> /home/jnelson/Mail/INBOX/XYZ/People/McQuay No such file or directory
>
> But there is a file whose name matches in 
> /home/jnelson/Mail/INBOX/XYZ/People/McQuay/cur:
>
>    $ ls /home/jnelson/Mail/INBOX/XYZ/People/McQuay/cur/1206678826.6638_8*
>    /home/jnelson/Mail/INBOX/XYZ/People/McQuay/cur/1206678826.6638_8.jen:2,S
>    $
>
> My system name at the time this message was received was in fact "jen". 
> However, the system name has changed several times over the years. Could 
> this be the problem?
>
> What can I do to try to find out why this is failing and how do I fix it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Jeff
>
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thomas