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evolution package

Automatic contacts are just broken

Bug #68642 reported by Vincenzo Ciancia
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evolution (Ubuntu)
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Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

I use edgy, with fresh home directory (and conffiles), and automatic contacts just do not work. Evolution needs an easy way to populate the contacts, not only when one replies, but e.g. when selecting multiple e-mail addresses (suppose I receive a mail with 4 people in CC and want to create a contact group with all the recipients).

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Vincenzo Ciancia (vincenzo-ml) wrote :

Sorry I forgot to explain better the "main" bug, well, automatic contacts are NEVER added, I tried to disable the plugin, close evolution, reopen it, re-enable the plugin, close evolution, open, reply to a mail, but NO contacts, if you need more info tell me how to produce that, but I suppose everyone has this problem? I am using disconnected imap if that matters.

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Pradeep (pradeep+-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The same bug(?) was fixed earlier https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/dapper/+source/evolution/+bug/50203

Changed in evolution:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. Do you still have that problem? Did you activate that feature to the preferences dialog? To what contacts list do you add them?

Changed in evolution:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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Pradeep (pradeep+-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This doesn't work in Evolution 2.9.4. (feisty)
I have the plugin enabled and the Preferences -> Auto completion -> Automatic Contacts checked.

Changed in evolution:
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

what list do you use to add them?

Changed in evolution:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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Pradeep (pradeep+-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The default list: 'Personal'.
The contact doesn't get added automatically when I send an email.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Marking unconfirmed, that works fine on my desktop. Maybe somebody else getting the problem can work on that

Changed in evolution:
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
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Pradeep (pradeep+-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

It's working now. Strange ... it wasn't working the other day :/
Given the number of open bugs I'll close this for now and open it up if this functionality decides not to work.

Changed in evolution:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Vincenzo Ciancia (vincenzo-ml) wrote :

Perhaps this only shows for newly created users and starts working after a while - surely not just restarting evolution or even rebooting the system. I am on vacation now and have no good network connection, when I'll be back next week I'll check this in detail.

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