Re: [Evolution] Need to reconfigure evolution

[Keith Sharp <kms passback co uk>]

On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 23:28 -0700, Brook Adams wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I had evolution on a different computer with a different username than
> the one I use on this machine. I had backed up the email on that machine
> and then tried to restore those emails onto the new machine.
>
> This operation succeeded but now the program gives me an error message
> after I send any mail (the mail goes through fine, it's just the message
> that's bothering me)... 
> Evolution looks for mbox:Sent in home/<OLDusername>/.evolution etc etc
> but now mbox:Sent is in home/<NEWusername>/.evolution etc etc
>
> I looked for a config file but couldn't find anything that showed a path
> I could change. How do I get the client to forget about the old user
> name and stop bugging me with this pointless message?

Do the following:

        Edit Menu -> Preferences
        In Mail Accounts select your email account and click Edit
        Change to the Defaults tab
        Change the settings Drafts Folder and Send Messages Folder

That should be you!

Keith.