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Evolution version: 3.26

Example of error:

failed to move file cache

Here are the evolution folders for each user:

~/.config/evolution
~/.cache/evolution
~/.local/share/evolution

• Switch Evolution to Offline mode (File → Work Offline)
• Backup Evolution (File → Backup Evolution Data)
• Close Evolution client
• Shut down Evolution: evolution –force-shutdown
• Remove the metadata files:

Delete all following files

find ~/.evolution/mail/local -name "*ev-summary" -exec rm -f {} \;
find .evolution -name \*index.data -exec rm -f {} \;
find .evolution -name \*index -exec rm -f {} \;
find .evolution -name \*cmeta -exec rm -f {} \;

manu@lap-manu-linux:/home> find manu -name \*folder-tree* | grep evolution
manu/.cache/evolution/mail/1378219278.31290.3@lap-manu-linux.site/folder-tree

manu@lap-manu-linux:/home> find manu -name \*index* | grep evolution
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/..ibex.index
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/..ibex.index.data
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Drafts.ibex.index
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Drafts.ibex.index.data
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Outbox.ibex.index
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Outbox.ibex.index.data
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Sent.ibex.index
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Sent.ibex.index.data
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Templates.ibex.index
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Templates.ibex.index.data

manu@lap-manu-linux:/home> find manu -name \*cmeta* | grep evolution
manu/.cache/evolution/mail/1378219278.31290.3@lap-manu-linux.site/folders/Boîte de réception/cmeta.old
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/..cmeta.old
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Outbox.cmeta.old
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Templates.cmeta.old
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Drafts.cmeta.old
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Sent.cmeta.old
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Sent.cmeta
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/..cmeta
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Drafts.cmeta
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Templates.cmeta
manu/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Outbox.cmeta

• Recreate the folder.db:

cd ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local

for i in `find . -name folders.db`
do
  echo "Rebuilding Table $i"
  sqlite3 $i "vacuum;"
done

Then restart evolution

• Start Evolution client
• Wait until the status bar at the bottom is empty. This could take several seconds.
• Close Evolution client. This may take a while
• Start Evolution client
• Switch Evolution back to Online mode (File → Work Online)