Friday, December 9, 2011

evolution expunge - Ctrl+E

This is news to me - that Evolution doesn't delete mails(Ctrl+D). It only marks them as deleted in the respective folders (Drafts, Deleted Items) and hides it from the user's view. If you are not aware, you will have your Evolution meta directory(~/.evolution) growing big.

To delete mails permanently use the 'expunge' command. From the GUI select - Folder > Expunge or highlight the folder using mouse and press Ctrl+E.


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