Re: [Evolution] Signature & default folder settings not being saved

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 03:51 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 08:46 +0100, Nick Galea wrote:
> > I am running Evolution 2.02, on Fedora 3, with the Exchange connector
> > switched on. 
> >
> > There appears to be a small but annoying bug - it does not remember the
> > signature(identity tab) or the settings for the draft and sent messages
> > (defaults tab).
> >
> > Each time i restart evolution i have to re-do the settings.
> >
> > I have searched for updates via the fedora 3 update but not found any
> > updates.
>
> Maybe you have a file permissions problem somewhere in .gconf/
> or .evolution/ ?

Yeah. Cause the Default Folders are stored in GConf only, the wrong
permissions are in ~/.gconf (especially the apps/evolution part) most
likely.

Or maybe the GConf daemon isn't running properly and fails to safe the
changed data? Nick, can you create a new (fake) account, which persists
after closing and starting Evolution?


> > I also have 2 small feature requests:
> >
> > Would it be possibly to have an option to insert the signature above the
> > original email, when replying to the message? (rather then below) And
>
> No!  That is an Evil MS Embrace & Extend violation of the relevant
> RFC.

Thanks, Ron. ;-)

We had that topic already a couple of times. Please see this post for
some more information about it.

  http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2004-November/040599.html

...guenther


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