Re: [Evolution] Sent

["Kelly J. Morris" <kjmlists comcast net>]

On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 18:28 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 21:25 +0000, Kelly J. Morris wrote:
> > Greetings - I'm getting ready to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.x on a newer
> > computer. But, just as I'm getting ready, my "Sent" folder in Evolution
> > 2.22.3.1 has disappeared and the incoming mail to one of my mail
> > accounts is ending up in the "Trash" folder. I seem to remember having
> > the first problem ages ago using Red Hat but not the second.
> >
> > I'd appreciate advise on what to do.
>
> While telepathy can be fun, perhaps it would be best to start by telling
> us something about your setup.

Patrick - My apologies. My house is undergoing major repairs all around
me and I'm a bit rattled.

>  What kind of accounts (POP, IMAP,
> Exchange, other?) 

I have 10 POP accounts but only 2 or 3 have high traffic levels.

> and where is the Sent folder (local, remote?). Have
> you checked the Default settings in Edit->Preferences<account>?

Aha! I went into my "Preferences" where I found that the default
destination for sent mail had been changed to a "Sent" mail folder
(containing all the "lost" messages) that is a sub-folder to a folder
that I created in my InBox, leaving the original "Sent" mail folder in
my InBox empty. I did not create this new "Sent" sub-folder neither did
I transfer the messages to it. I reset my preferences to "Default" and
sent a test mail, which functioned correctly. I then moved all the
messages back to the InBox "Sent" folder where they belong and deleted
the offending "Sent" sub-folder.

How did this happen and how can I prevent this from happening in the
future?

Many thanks. Kelly
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Kelly J. Morris <kjmlists comcast net>