On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 10:05 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I was waiting for the latest bugfix release to see if the local > > > > > mailbox > > > > > spool problem was solved. Unfortunately it was not :( Local mails are > > > > > delivered to /var/mail/<username> and these are the settings used for > > > > > the local mail account in evo. However, evo looks for this mailbox > > > > > file > > > > > at ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/<some_strange_directory_name> > > > > > containing the following files: INBOX.ibex.index.data, > > > > > INBOX.ibex.index, > > > > > INBOX.cmeta, folders.db > > > > > > They are the normal indexing and config files for mail accounts - they > > > don't contain any emails. > > > > It seem like evo is looking for the mails in that directory?? > > I can't see anywhere where you say how you know it's looking in that > directory?
As I wrote above, that directory is the latest updated under .local: ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/<some_strange_directory_name> containing the above mentioned files. Among the files the folders.db (but as you say, not real mbox files). > > > > > It really sounds as though there is something up with your configuration > > > somewhere. Can I suggest that you create another Unix user with a clean > > > configuration and try the same thing. > > Did you do this? No I did not, I don't want to clutter my computer with another user (will do that if really necessary). > > If it works, then you should > > > delete the configuration from within Evolution, then close Evo and check > > > in gconf (or is it dconf for 3.4) that everything has gone, then delete > > > the corresponding directory in .local/share/evolution/mail. You should > > > then have a clean configuration and you can recreate the account with > > > Evolution. > > > > I did not find any mail accounts when finally discovering evolution > > under org/gnome/evolution. Seems like the version there is 3.4.0 while > > 3.4.4 is installed. Under org/gnome/evolution/mail I found a lot of > > settings, but nowhere any info about my pop and imap accounts. However, > > under default account there was a _very_ old account name no longer in > > use. It does not seem to be editable in dconf?? How to change that if > > needed? > > You change it from within Evolution. OK, and it looks like dconf does not find anything useful. > It looks like the account information is in gconf - the key > is /apps/evolution/mail/accounts - that is populated with XML blobs > describing each account. Do > > gconftool-2 -g /apps/evolution/mail/accounts > > to see it. These chunks of XML are sometimes difficult to sort out, but > you are looking for a line that starts "<account name="nameofaccount"". > In that line there should be a section looks like > <url>spool:/var/mail/username</url> - do you see that? Yes I see it now: <url>spool:///var/mail/"username"</url> It seem to be correct, why does not evo find it? _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
