Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: evolution
Bug found in: Evolution 2.28.1
Using: Ubuntu 9.10
I set up an IMAP account for my new university's e-mail address.
Retrieving mail works fine. But all drafts I write get LOST!
When I write a new message -- no matter whether as a reply or as a new message
-- I've found no way to save that message as a draft (except as a local copy
via Ctrl+S), nor can I send it either: it simply gets dumped!
I had a hard time believing that I was experiencing such an awful bug. But I
repeated it several times, and it always behaves the same way. Even minimizing
the editing window dumps my draft. To sum it up:
1) "Save as" (or shortcut Ctrl+S) works
2) "Save as Draft" (or shortcut Ctrl+Shift+S) does not work!
3) "Send" (or Ctrl+Enter) shuts the window and dumps the message. I can't find
it anywhere.
4) Closing the window (or Ctrl+W) does close the window immediately, without
prompting a dialog window that asks me whether I want to save my draft ->
message is lost, too!
5) Minimizing the edit window does the same as closing it -> message is lost!
Again: my drafts are NOT in the drafts folder, where they should be, nor
in any other folder visible to me. I also double checked the
configuration for outgoing mail, but it seems to be correct. Thunderbird
works without any problem with this IMAP account. I am also aware that
the default behavior of Evolution is to minimize to a tray icon.
So, my first attempt ever to use Evolution was an extraordinary
disappointment. I hope that I am overseeing something, and you may tell
me that my messages were saved in some place I am just too stupid to
find. But in any case, points 4) and 5) are a design problem, that's the
least I can say.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 15 10:56:21 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: evolution 2.28.1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: evolution
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64
** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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Drafts are not saved anywhere and get lost (IMAP account)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507855
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