Re: [Evolution] Shared folders and synchronization

[Parthasarathi Susarla <sparthasarathi novell com>]

On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 10:19 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> We recently started using Cyrus shared folders for local mailing lists.
> Evo seems to work fine, except for one detail: if I delete a message in
> a shared folder, Evo will mark it deleted even though the folder does
> not permit deletion. After restarting Evo, the message will again be
> present (i.e. not marked as deleted).
>
> So obviously Evo doesn't check if the folder permits deletion until it
> tries to update the IMAP folder on quitting. It's not enough just to
> change folders, or hit Send/Receive, or even go Offline and Online. You
> actually have to Quit.
>
> However if I try to move a message into a shared folder, Evo objects
> immediately with a "Permission Denied" (as it should).
>
> So I have two comments:
>
> 1) I don't see why it can't stop me deleting at once, since it has to
> know the shared nature of the folder.
Evo currently does not have the support built-in
> 2) It looks like the *only* way to make sure Evo is completely synched
> with an IMAP server is by quitting and restarting. Is this true?

Actually not. A folder change should sync with the server always.

You could file a bug on bugzilla.gnome.org

Cheers,
partha