[Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

[Svante Signell <srs kth se>]

Hi,

Forwarding this problem to the list. Maybe somebody has a
solution/explanation? Is it fixed for 3.6.x? If so, is a simple backport
possible?

Thanks!
-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Svante Signell <svante signell telia com>
Reply-to: svante signell telia com
To: 640851 bugs debian org
Subject: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:45:09 +0200

On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 11:34 +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> severity 640851 serious
> found 640851 3.4.3-1
> found 640851 3.4.4-1
> thanks
>
> I was waiting for the latest bugfix release to see if the local mailbox
> spool problem was solved. Unfortunately it was not :( Local mails are
> delivered to /var/mail/<username> and these are the settings used for
> the local mail account in evo. However, evo looks for this mailbox file
> at  ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/<some_strange_directory_name>
> containing the following files: INBOX.ibex.index.data, INBOX.ibex.index,
> INBOX.cmeta, folders.db
>
> Removing these files and restarting evo does not help: evo complains
> about: "Summary and folder mismatch, even after a sync"
> In the settings the local account is flagged as of type spool and for
> Receiving Email the setting is: Standard Unix mbox spool file.

More information: Evolution tries to store the mailbox entry
at /<username>/INBOX which doesn't exist, when the mbox file is
at /var/mail/<username> . That filename is given in the evo settings for
that mail account, but is not honored??

(evolution:8019): evolution-mail-WARNING **: Failed to refresh folders:
Error storing 'mailbox: /<username>/INBOX (spool)': Summary and folder
mismatch, even after a sync