Re: [Evolution] Have I pushed Evolution beyond where it is designed to go?

[Paul Smith <paul mad-scientist net>]

On Sun, 2022-11-06 at 06:07 +0000, Mike wrote:
> I purged evolution from the PC, deleted the .config/evolution
> folders, deleted the trash, rebooted, reinstalled at 12:36 and ran it
> at 12:37. I did not import the backup file, so that isn't the
> problem.
>
> None of these errors are in the VM install though the VM install
> happened only five days ago, both via ftp.debian.org via apt-get onto
> the same computer (one instance the VirtualBox Debian 11.5 and the
> other on the actual hardware running Debian 11.5)  
>
> Without importing the backup, I see this:

Hi Mike. All of these log messages are just warnings about the
codebase, which should be fixed but don't have any direct impact on the
application (most likely) [1].

Although there are lots of scary messages here it APPEARS that
everything came up successfully. Above you say "that isn't the
problem", but you didn't describe what the problem is.

When you start Evolution (without importing the backup file) what
issues do you have?

The important information we must have to start thinking about a
problem is:

 * The version of Evolution you're using (not the version of the
   distribution or desktop).  You can use Help -> About to find this.
 * The type of email server you are using (IMAP, POP, EWS, etc.) and
   any special/non-default settings you use with it.
 * A concise explanation of the problem you are having.

All the rest of the details, such as which desktop you're using, what
was imported, etc. are almost certainly not relevant (unless the
problem is related to a failure to import etc.) It's fine to include
them but please format your question so that the most relevant details
are clearly stated up at the top, so we don't have to spelunk a long
email of other details to dig them out.

Also helpful is to use a subject line that encapsulates the problem
you're having in a short sentence, rather than one that doesn't help us
find this issue in archives etc.

And finally, it's helpful to us as readers if you avoid complex/fancy
HTML signatures, etc. and stick with just plain text as much as
possible. And we do appreciate if you can trim your replies to contain
only the specific text you're replying to, and not include the entire
email thread in your reply. We have mailing list archives for anyone
who wants to see the history, and including replies makes those more
difficult to read. Evolution makes this easy: just select (with your
mouse) the text you want to reply to and then hit the reply button, and
only that text will be quoted in the reply.

I feel like we got off on lots of probably-not-relevant tangents such
as whether it's better to use a local IMAP server, etc. These are
interesting topics but I doubt very much they're related to the issues
you're seeing.

Perhaps it's best to start a new thread with the details needed to
address one specific problem you are having and see if we can solve it.

Hopefully we can help!!


[1] Just to note, you are using (if I recall correctly) a pretty old
version of Evolution. The current version is 3.46. You are using 3.38
which is 4 releases ago. It's not going to be the case that these types
of warnings will ever be addressed in that old version.