Ekiga: Function of foo.cmeta, foo.ev-summary, foo.ev-summary-meta, foo.ibex.index and foo.ibex.index files?

[Detlef Lechner]

Hello Herman,

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 18:53 +0800, HermanAA wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 11:00 +0100, Detlef Lechner wrote:
[...]

> It is needed for Evolution to do its job.

I would have thought so.

> Every folder created needs support folders. As shown below a folder
> always has support-folders.

I have seen that before I posted here to this mailing list.

> n0jn at bsw:~/.evolution/mail/local$ ls
> Drafts                        Outbox.cmeta
> Drafts.cmeta                  Outbox.ibex.index
> Drafts.ibex.index             Outbox.ibex.index.data
> Drafts.ibex.index.data        Sent
> EX2folders.db                 Sent.cmeta
> folders.db                    Sent.ibex.index
> Inbox                         Sent.ibex.index.data
> Inbox.cmeta                   Templates
> Inbox.ibex.index              Templates.cmeta
> Inbox.ibex.index.data         Templates.ibex.index
> Inbox.sbd                     Templates.ibex.index.data
> LIST-folders                  zMSG-STORAGE
> LIST-folders.cmeta            zMSG-STORAGE.cmeta
> LIST-folders.ibex.index       zMSG-STORAGE.ibex.index
> LIST-folders.ibex.index.data  zMSG-STORAGE.ibex.index.data
> LIST-folders.sbd              zMSG-STORAGE.sbd
> Outbox
> n0jn at bsw:~/.evolution/mail/local$ 
> 
> I could find out the details of each folder by experimenting:
> add or delete a folder, add or delete a message, use the Search and see
> where it is stored, change sorting ... etc
>     ......... see what happens
> (Evolution is doing a good job, I leave it that way).
> 
> Knowing the details (of the folders and messages) provides some
> interesting backup and move-to-new-installation possibilities.

I would have thought so. That's the reason why I asked here.

> Please keep your progress posted.

Hm. Not sure how your  mail brought me nearer to solving the question
originally put.

Kind regards,
Detlef