[Evolution] Bug#295270: Workaround

[Øystein Gisnås]

First of all, don't take it for granted that the disk has to be full or
almost full for this to happen.

Also, this isn't a data loss problem unless you make it so yourself. If
you think the only option is to delete your mailbox, try to delete only
the cache and metadata files. Look for your mailbox in
~/.evolution/mail/local/. If the mailbox is called Inbox, leave the
Inbox alone and delete Inbox.cmeta, Inbox.ev-summary, Inbox.ibex.index
and Inbox.ibex.data. Before you start evolution again, disable the mail
accounts so that new messages will not be fetched while the indexes are
regenerated.

I can try to make a proper fix for the problem if someone compress an
affected mailbox, including index and summary files. If any of you have
such a mailbox without sensitive or personal mail, send it to
oystein at gisnas.net.

Thanks,
Øystein Gisnås
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