Re: Can't see my mails anymore

> sorry for reposting, but despite I got a reply with three tips I couldn't
> resolve the problem.
> 
> I can't see my mails anymore. Not even the one which was visible half a week
> ago. I didn't delete anything. I even see that in some of my folders, there
> are still unread messages, but they are not displayed in the message list
> for some reason.
> 
> The suggestions of one of the users was:
> 
> > 1) some sort of search (in each folder?) that's not matching anything
> > 2) web.de header breakage
> > 3) filtering problems
> 
> 1) I couldn't find anything like that. I didn't enter any search!

To verify this, click the [Clear] button in the Search Bar (which is at
the top of the mail list) or use Search / Clear from the menu.


> 2) what does this mean? Btw I don't use web.de as an email provider. Would
> this cause a problem like the one I described? I really doubt that.

There is an issue with web.de IMAP server not sending the appropriate
responses. This results in "blank" mail list info, but the mails are
selectable and do display fine.


Anyway, you did not mention a lot of details about your setup. Are you
using POP3, fetching your mails directly from GMX using Evolution?


> 3) filtering problems: I indeed use filters, but I haven't changed them in
> the last few weeks and everything worked fine in the meanwhile. And again:
> would this really cause a problem like the one I described?
> 
> 
> The only thing I changed was the evolution version. I guess the old version
> was 1.2 or 1.3. I chnged it about one or two weeks ago, but I had no
> problems during the first days. I haven't changed anything in the settings.
> I can't immagine any cause of this problem :o(

What's the version you are running now? Any other updates, regardless if
Evolution related or not?


> Is it possible to customize the displayed columns in the list window?
> I don't see any column headings, but at the moment I am not sure if they
> would be visible at all.

It is possible to customize the columns in the list view. This can be
done by right-clicking any column header -- so it is no option for you
and likely not an issue.

You do not see any column headers in the mail list at all?

This is a strange issue. Maybe some galview breakage? Maybe some
cleared .galview files?


Defining and setting a custom Mail View comes to mind as a test. I
wonder, if the default galview files are corrupted, which should be
possible to verify by verifying the RPm packages installation.


> Is it possible to export the mails somehow?

Yup. Although I don't know, if this will work, as Evolution does not
display any mails in the mail list.

If you are using POP3, your mails are stored in mbox format (by
default), which can be imported/used by most mailers.


> For me this is really a bad thing and I would really be happy if someone
> could give me a hint abhout how I can get my mails again.


Maybe a caching issue? I would suggest to remove all indexing files and
let Evolution re-index your mails.

However, I cannot tell any details about the files to delete, unless I
know which Evolution version you are running now and the previous
question regarding the mail protocol.

...guenther


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