** Description changed: 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! + 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 + 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
-- Drafts are not saved anywhere and get lost (IMAP account) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507855 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
