Re: duplicate messages in inbox

> Had a small hick-up with my ISP and as a result I have up to 5 copies of
> each individual message in my inbox. 
> ie:-
> 5 messages from [email protected] 
> 5 messages from [email protected]
> and so on :(
> 
> Is there any way to right a filter to remove duplicate messages.

There is, but not built-in in Evolution.

You can use 'formail' to solve this issue (mbox files, I assume, as are
Evolution default). I already posted a working solution a couple of
times to mailing lists.

Although it sure depends on how much mails we are speaking about.
Removing them manually might be worth a try.


I just searched my archives. For the script itself and a couple of
warnings, caveats and notes, please read this link (better, the whole
discussions) and all links mentioned there.

http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2004-May/037188.html

Use it at YOUR OWN RISK. And MAKE BACKUPS of your mail first. Paranoia
saves your day.

...guenther


-- 
char *t="\10pse\0r\0dtu\0.@ghno\x4e\xc8\x79\xf4\xab\x51\x8a\x10\xf4\xf4\xc4";
main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8? c<<=1:
(c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){ putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}}

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