On Wed, 2023-04-26 at 11:11 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Can't explain it, but it strikes me it's almost certainly a > permissions problem. > > Patrick > > > > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 11:06 AM Default User > <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Strange . . . > > > > I run Debian 11 (Bullseye) Stable, up to date, Gnome 3 desktop > > environment. > > > > I recently set up Evolution email. Works okay. > > > > Two days ago, I realized that it absolutely refuses to delete email > > messages directly from the [Gmail]/All Mail folder of any email > > account. To delete a message in the All Mail folder, that is not > > also > > in another folder, the message must be moved into another folder > > and > > then deleted from there. > > > > I sure think I remember being able to delete directly from the All > > Mail > > folder when I first set up Evolution. > > > > I re-started Evolution. No change. > > I re-booted. No change. > > I did sudo aptitude reinstall evolution. No Change. > > I moved ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/folders.db to Trash, > > then > > re-started Evolution to construct a new folders.db file. No > > change. > > I did sudo aptitude purge evolution, then sudo aptitude install > > Evolution. No change. > > I moved ~/.local/share/evolution, ~/.cache/evolution, and > > ~/.config/evolution to Trash, then did sudo aptitude purge > > evolution, > > then sudo aptitude install Evolution. No change. > > I did some research online, seeking a solution, or at least a > > "good" > > explanation. No solution or "good" answer was found. > > > > But . . . then I booted into a Debian 11.6 Live/Install usb thumb > > drive, and then installed Evolution into the Live session, upon > > which > > Evolution DID allow message deletion directly from the [Gmail]/All > > Mail > > folder! > > > > Back to my regular Debian 11 Stable install. No change. > > > > It makes no sense to me that it would work from a Debian 11 > > Live/Install session, but not (currently) from a regular Debian > > session. > > > > Even if it did not work from a Live Debian session, it makes no > > sense > > to me that Evolution could be designed this way. I see no good > > reason > > that messages can be directly deleted from any other folder, but > > not > > [Gmail]/All Mail. > > > > Does anyone have a solution, so that messages must be moved to > > another > > folder (if they are not also there already), just to be deleted? > > Or at > > least a "good" explanation as to why Evolution appears to be > > designed > > this way? > > > > > >
Hi, Patrick. I don't see anything obviously wrong about the permissions on my computer. Not surprising, since I rarely change any permissions, and can't recall doing so where it might cause the condition in question. But I don't know what exactly to look for. Perhaps a directory that has extra or inappropriate read-only permission(s)? And I don't think that any permissions on my computer are involved, since the email folders in question are not on my local computer, they are on one or more Google server(s) elsewhere. I am just accessing them remotely, they are not downloaded to my computer. Possibly interesting note: The [Gmail]/Important and [Gmail]/All Mail folders both have listed in "folder properties"/"Labels" the Server Tag "$Phishing". No other folders do. But again, messages can be directly deleted from [Gmail]/Important folders, but not from [Gmail]/All Mail folders. So it probably doesn't mean anything in the current context. Well, anyway, do other Debian Stable Evolution users experience this problem? Or is it really "just me"?
