[plug] Evolution Trash not deleting

[Richard Meyer]

I also use Evolution, and I can't find the options you're talking about,
BUT when I want to get rid of deleted emails, I pres <ctrl>-E (Folder
---> Expunge) and they go away .....

It may take a looong time to do the cleanup, though.


On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 21:00 +0800, David Buddrige wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> this is a bit of a problem for me.  I'm using Evolution as my mail
> client, and have deleted over time a great many emails that I no
> longer require and which are using up a fair slug of space on my
> hard-drive.  However, try as I might, I cannot get the Trash to empty.
> I right-click the Trash icon in the folder list and click the "Empty
> Garbage Bin" option that appears, however it "Synchronises" the
> folder, but does not delete its contents.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this problem and know how to fix it?  I am
> running Ubuntu 9 on my system.
> 
> thanks heaps guys,
> 
> David. 
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