Ubuntu
evolution package

evolution fails to complain about wrong imap protocol

Bug #62345 reported by Robert Persson
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evolution (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: evolution

I misconfigured an account in evolution to fetch mail under imap4 instead of imap because I didn't know any better. The result was that mail failed to come in, but I was not alerted to any error. The imap server concerned was fastmail.fm.

What ought to happen in such a situation is that evolution should complain to the user via a gui alert box.

(This bug may have something to do with #60156, but I'm not sure.)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. How does it fail? What version of Ubuntu do you use? What happens, do you get any message?

Changed in evolution:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Robert Persson (ireneshusband) wrote :

Instead of the imap folder tree appearing under the name of the account in the left-hand window you simply get the word "Loading..." It stays like that until you close Evolution.

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Robert Persson (ireneshusband) wrote :

Forgot to mention that I am using Ubuntu Dapper.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Do you still have that problem? Does using imap works fine? Upstream doesn't recommend using imap4 and they stopped building it with the version for edgy

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Robert Persson (ireneshusband) wrote :

Sorry I don't have any new information because I don't use Evolution any more.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

no problem, closing the bug for now then. Feel free to reopen if you try evolution again and still get that bug

Changed in evolution:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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