Re: [Evolution] problem with evolution 1.4.5 and pop server / not deleting messages

[Erik Vetters <lists jonezhq de>]

Am Mo, den 06.10.2003 schrieb Jeffrey Stedfast um 19:47:

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> you should have a file under ~/evolution/mail/pop3 called
> cache-pop://... with your account info in the filename. can you open
> that file and tell me if the following strings are in that file?
>
> !VL"! f4!!bec"!^3K"!
> cUV"!pCa"!:J7"!4Sp!!
> Mk9"!\Y>"!VH["!b\~!!
>
> those are the UIDs of the messages that evo downloaded according to your
> POP server. they should be saved in that file, even if we are going to
> delete them from the server - because this way, if the delete fails
> (disconnect?), we know what we have already downloaded at the start of
> the next send&receive.

I think we getting closer ... I do NOT have a dir like that ?? in
~/evolution/mail/ nor the files cache-pop://

Wait ... Checking something

I found the problem ... !! 


I think after my harddisk crash the "mail" dir was gone and there was no
directory named mail. 

There was a core file named "mail" and if I did  "mkdir mail" he said
that is exits. I openend it and is binary ?? No glue why ??

So I deleted it and type mkdir mail and mkdir pop3 and hit send&recieve
twice and WOW evo deletes mails from the server.

I check something more. 

If I do chown on the mail dir for example to root, he now recieves the
mail twice again. So maybe that's is the problem that other users have. 

When they import from a earlier installation or so  ( and do cp with
root rights and not use import tool for example, I do cp to but with the
right rights ) and the dirs has not the correct user.
 
If I delete this dir and it doesn't exits, evo greated one for me, but
if exits but only with other rights, he recieves the mail twice, maybe
there should a warning or so ?

But many many thx to point me to the solution. If you not give me that
with the dir I never ever find that out ...


Thx again ...

Erik with many greetz from Berlin