Re: [Evolution] IMAP bug in 2.4?

["Patrick O'Callaghan" <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 16:10 +0100, guenther wrote:
> > Thanks, that seems to have done it, though I did have to wipe
> > my .evolution directory.
>
> Sorry I didn't get back earlier...
>
> I'm not sure, but my first assumption would have been, the IMAP caches
> are somehow triggering this. Maybe simply removing the old IMAP cache in
> ~/.evolution/mail/imap would have solved this already. Just a guess for
> the records, though.
>
>
> > > Close Evolution, then run ($gconftool-2 --recursive-unset 
> > > "/apps/evolution") should clear all your personal evolution settings in 
> > > gconf, including account settings.
>
> Eeks. Please don't suggest this, unless you are absolutely sure this
> will not harm anything else.
>
> Cause it does in a lot of cases. All Address Books, Calendars, etc.
> apart from the default "Personal" one are "gone" after that step. The
> data itself still is in ~/.evolution without being harmed, but you don't
> see them any longer. To get them back in the UI, some manual steps are
> necessary (no UI for this). All Categories are dropped from your
> Contacts. Again, they still are there physically, but you don't see them
> unless you adjust the Category Master List again. To name just a few...
>
>
> > > I am not sure whether you need to remove .evolution, but you can make a 
> > > backup of it first before you remove it.
>
> Backups are always good. :-)  Not only of the data, but settings as
> well. 'gconftool-2 --help' is your friend, watch out for --dump and
> --load. ;)

Luckily I did have a full backup so no harm done.

> A: No.
> Q: Should I put my reply above quoted text?

BTW, your .sig is amusing, but it makes me wonder why Evo doesn't
provide any encouragement for putting replies after text. It puts the
cursor at the beginning, which is just asking for people to do it the
wrong way round (which I confess to doing a lot).

poc