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

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

cool, glad ya got it working.

the code probably does need to have some error checking, will add a note
to myself for when I get around to rewriting that bit.

Jeff

On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 15:26, Erik Vetters wrote:
> Am Mo, den 06.10.2003 schrieb Jeffrey Stedfast um 19:47:
>
> [deleted]
> > 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
>
>
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