Comment 11 for bug 325157

The EVOLUTION software appears NEVER to have been fixed.
However, NORMAL DB OPERATIONS SEEM TO HAVE WORKED.
So, one must wonder WHY the normal "empty trash" did NOT work.

I did SOMETHING LIKE:

cd .evolution/mail/local
sqlite3 folders.db
 .output stdout
 .tables trash ## showing precise name of trash TABLE
 select count(*) from '[name of trash table]' ; ## to verify it contained 3000+ items
 delete from '[name of trash table]' ; ## to empty the trash
 select count(*) from '[name of trash table]' ; ## to verify it was now empty
 .quit

to delete the Trash.
It felt very dangerous but seems to have worked.