Aug
11
2008
How to deal with the Evolution Bug – “Value too large for defined data type”
My Yingqi’s Evolution Sent Items Folder hit 1.5 GB… after sending a message last Saturday, Evolution can no longer display the Sent Items Folder. I am not sure what are the causes, but whatever it is it’s a major no-no…
Scouring the internet for answers, there seems to be no cure for this bug. My not-so perfect solution – switch back to Mozilla Thunderbird. Copied the files located in the “mail” folder under .evolution to Mozilla Thunderbird’s user local folder, and manually deleted the unnecessary files (you’ll get to see them once you start-up Mozilla Thunderbird).
One caveat – how do you manage transferring your addressbook and settings?!? Argggh!!!