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Bug 547492 - Evolution Mail: Bug - sent folder lost (...
Evolution Mail: Bug - sent folder lost (...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 522433
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.12.x (obsolete)
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evolution Shell Maintainers Team
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-08-12 20:31 UTC by post
Modified: 2009-08-21 12:08 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20


Description post 2008-08-12 20:31:51 UTC 
Bug - sent folder lost (to much data) !!!!!


Dear Sir or Madam

Weeks ago with my last ubuntu 7.04 and an older version
of evolution sometimes the programm ends by move mails to
my biggest sent folder.
But after restart the folder was organized new and the datas
are visible.
After clear the trash I worked some weeks with no problems.

Today with newer versions of Ubuntu and Evolution after
moving a mail to the biggest sent folder this sent folder
was lost. The restart only produce a message. The folder
wasn't visible and always lost.
The sent folder has nearly 2000 mails. I looked in the folder
with mails and found the lost file with 2 GB.

I made a copy and renamed the copy and moved it to desktop.
The trial to import was not successful.

It is a fatal bug to lost the sent folder without warning "to many
data".

Now I need support to divide the file with the lost folder in two
folders and import the two files.

Is it possible to use greater folders/files for example with more
memory?

Thank you very much and best regards

Ralf Stegmaier


Distribution: Ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy)
Gnome Release: 2.20.1 2007-10-19 (Ubuntu)
BugBuddy Version: 2.18.1
Comment 1 André Klapper 2008-08-12 20:57:46 UTC 
You can just split the text file into two files inbetween two emails, it's plain mbox format listing all your emails in one file.
Comment 2 post 2008-08-12 21:07:06 UTC 
Dear Andre Klapper

Thank you for the quickly reply.
The trial to import with OpenOfficeOrg was not successful. The program
makes a crash. I think the file was to big.
So I need support which tool is possible to do this operation.

Best regards

Ralf Stegmaier
Comment 3 post 2008-08-13 12:55:21 UTC 
Solved by file-splitting and import

2 GB is a border of some programs. mbx2eml has this border too.
After splitting the file mbx2elm can only translate the first file with
the remark at the begin. The second file hasn't this remark.

The directly import from the splitted file about copy in the folder "mail"
was successful. To come under the border with 2 GB the mails from 2007
are copied together to an separately archive folder.

==> A warning to come to the border of 2 GB is needed.
    The best is to check before move operation and stop the move operation when
    with move operaton the length of file is over the border.
Comment 4 Akhil Laddha 2009-08-21 12:08:25 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 522433 ***