Re: [Evolution] zombie mail account won't give up trying to get data from deleted mailbox

[Dan Kortschak <dan kortschak io>]

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On Mon, 2020-03-09 at 14:00 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-03-09 at 10:49 +0100, Dan Kortschak wrote:
> > I have found the reference to the UID. It appears to be in
> > .config/evolution/mail/state.ini. What is the best way to remove
> > this?
>
>       Hi,
> the state.ini file only describes what the folders, eventually the
> folder tree, looked like the last time they've been entered. There
> are
> saved things like whether the preview panel was shown in certain
> folder
> and such. This file does not cause Evolution to try to talk to the
> server.
>
> Is there any .source file saved either in
> ~/.config/evolution/sources/
> or under ~/.cache/evolution/sources/ of the name of the UID you see
> in
> the error message (that would be "UID.source")? Eventually, is the
> UID
> referenced in any .source file in either of the two directories?

.cache/evolution/mail/trash/<UID>
.cache/evolution/mail/<UID>

and a variety of .config/evolution/mail/folders/et-expanded-
folder:__<UID>_<folder> files exist.


> I'm missing some details here, I'm sorry to ask so many questions:
> * how did you create the mail account, directly in Evolution or
>   in GNOME Online Accounts or in Ubuntu Online Accounts?

The account was created directly in Evolution.


> * how did you delete the account?

I used the Delete button in the Evolution Preferences dialog.


> * was evolution-source-registry restarted since you removed
>   the account?

Yes, it was, the machine has been power-cycled since it was deleted.


> Either the .source file still exists (or a reference to it), or the
> source registry remembers it for some reason, thus it provides it
> when
> it is asked for mail accounts, even the file itself is already gone
> from the disk. It seems like a bug in the code, though I'd need to
> know
> more details to not guess. I also cannot tell whether it's fixed in a
> newer version, it's possible it's not.
>       Thanks and bye,
>       Milan

Thanks.
Dan