Re: [Evolution] Unable to fetch mail after unsafe shutdown

[Jason Ansel <jansel bean-o com>]

Sorry user error in my reply.

Forgetting passwords + removing ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution DID fix it.

I had changed the server address to about 5 different servers while
trying to figure out the problem.  When I tried doing the above routine,
the error message changed to something else (wrong password because it
was a different server than the account), and i didn't notice it till
after replying. 
 
Anyway, thanks a bunch Not Zed.  Big help,
Jason Ansel

On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 00:51, Jason Ansel wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 23:06, Not Zed wrote: 
> > On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 23:00 -0400, Jason Ansel wrote: 
> > > My computer shutdown unexpectedly/abruptly because I made a typo when
> > > modifying the source of a kernel module.
> > >
> > > Evolution must have been in the middle of something right before this
> > > unsafe shutdown, because now it seems to be stuck in somewhat broken
> > > state.
> > >
> > > Whenever i try to fetch mail from a remote server i get the error
> > > message:
> > >
> > > [QUOTE]
> > > Error while 'Fetching Mail':
> > > Unable to connect to POP server mail.someserver.com
> > > Error sending password: Operation now in progress.
> > > [/QUOTE]
> > This error shouldn't have anything to do with the crash as such. 
> > Although I could be wrong.  Can't see how though.
> >
> > You could try removing ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution and/or run 'forget
> > passwords', so that it tries to connect cleanly.
>
> I ran 'forget passwords'.  Closed evolution.  Moved
> ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution to a different location.  Started
> evolution.  It asked me for my password.  Then gave the same error to me
> again.
>
> I don't think this error has to do with unclean connections, because it
> happens with multiple servers/protocols.
>
>
> > If that doesn't help, perhaps trying to use strace to find out what
> > system call is failing and where.
>
> I saved the output of strace, couldn't see anything obvious.  But I'm
> not exactly sure what I'm looking for.  I can send it to you, but its
> rather large (2.3 mb), and should prolly not the sent to the entire
> list.
>
>
> > -- 
> >
> > Michael Zucchi <notzed ximian com>
> > "born to die, live to work, it's
> > all downhill from here"
> > Novell's Evolution and Free
> > Software Developer
>
>
> Thanks for the reply,
> Jason Ansel
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