[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Jaunty not longer supported change status to invalid ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 Title: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/397980/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
In Ubuntu 11.10 with Evolution 3.2.2, when I move a folder, I end up with the folder being deleted and all mails deleted as well on the IMAP server. Luckily the folder is still present in ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/174217blahblah/folders/, so I'm not trying to reestablish my mails. Please fix. This is a horrible bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 Title: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/397980/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
My problem in #15 turned out to be something else, so this is still unconfirmed for natty. Sorry for the noise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 Title: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/397980/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
I have the same issue in Natty, though I dont recall renaming any folders. The mails from evolution are now stored in ./local/share/evolution, so be sure to make a backup of that folder before you do anything else. I've tried renaming the Inbox file as suggested in #12, but that did not solve the problem. If anybody has a clue as to how to get my emails back that would be much appreciated! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 Title: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/397980/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Anyone care to test this on Natty and confirm whether it's still an issue? Thanks in advance. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 Title: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
I just had the same problem on Ubuntu 10.10 - all emails but one were gone from my Inbox. Quite a disturbing experience ... Luckily, the solution that Joost suggested worked for me. Thanks a lot, Joost! I heard various complaints before but the fact that such a critical bug has been around since 2009 clearly proves to me that the evolution project is indeed defunct. I will move to Thunderbird asap and will never touch evolution again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 Title: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Completely reproducible on ubuntu 10.10 with evolution 2.30.3. I had an existing folder and dragged only 1 email to that folder. The complete inbox was deleted unless the mail that was selected to be dragged. The email in question was placed in the folder and also found the same email in the trash folder. Any idea about recovering my lost emails would be more than welcome. Off course I have made no backup. Maybe this information helps. I was not sure that I clicked on the email before I dragged it. I was coming from reading another email and just dragged the email from the inbox to the other folder in stead of clicking on it first. I think it might be related to the problem and therefore I mention it. -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
We´ve just had the same problem. I´ve tried a couple of things, the following thing seemed to work: -Go to your home folder -Mark under ´view´ the option ´show hidden files´ Off course, before you do anything, make a backup of the folder -Go to the folder ´.evolution/mail/local/ -You´ll see a file ´Inbox´ -Rename the file, for instance ´_Inbox´ -(Close and/or) open Evolution -Still nothing there.. but you´ll see that a new ´Inbox´ file has been created (in .Evolution/mail/local) -Delete that file and rename the original file ´_Inbox´ into ´Inbox´ -(Close and/or) open Evolution again. After that we had our e-mail back in the Inbox. I hope this works for you as well. Good luck Joost -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
MartinE Same thing happened to me, but all the mail is still in the file in my case ... it's just no longer *listed* by evolution. Type grep ^Date .evolution/mail/local/thenameoftherenamedfolder Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:01:10 -0800 ... Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:49:11 -0400 and/or grep ^Date .evolution/mail/local/thenameoftherenamedfolder | wc -l 159 My thenameoftherenamedfolder has a first date of Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:01:10 -0800, which is correct and I can see all the 159 emails if I look at the actual file, even though evolution is only telling me that there are only 14, going back 3 days. Until I figure out the indexing problem, I did this: d...@descartes:~$ mkdir .evolution.backup d...@descartes:~$ cp -rf .evolution/ .evolution.backup/ Hope you recover everything. Dan -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
I can confirm this bug in Evolution 2.26.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. The following procedure consistently triggers the bug: (1) Create a subfolder in Inbox (2) Copy several messages into the new folder (3) Rename the folder (4) Delete a single email from the renamed folder Expected Result: One email has been deleted from the folder. Observed Result: All except one email have been deleted from the folder. The remaining email is usually the newest one. Note that the emails are simply gone, they don't show up in Trash either. Importance: CRITICAL. rant I lost 7.5 years of university-related emails yesterday, due to this bug. Gone. Everything. Because I decided to rename a folder. I've never been so happy that I keep regular backups. There's no way that this bug is of medium importance. This stuff is simply not supposed to happen. /rant -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Further Information: If you do the following: (1) Copy several emails into a subfolder of Inbox (2) Rename the folder (3) Chose File-Backup Settings (4) Restart Evolution At this point, the emails are still there. Now, (5) Chose File-Restore Settings and restore from the archive created in step (4) (6) Delete a single email from the renamed folder Result: This will trigger the bug and delete all but the newest email from the folder. Conclusion: Whatever triggers this behaviour gets saved with your backup archive! Bad! Very Bad! -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Workaround: Dont rename your folders, but: (1) create a new folder with the new name (2) copy the emails from the old folder to the new one (3) delete the old folder This procedure seems to be useful for repairing affected folders (i.e., folders that have recently been renamed and are now subject to this bug). -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Martin. If you re-create the folder (or move it back where it was) you should get your old mails back. What I did was copy the text file and made a backup when your scenario happened. Hope you get your files back. On 5 March 2010 18:06, MartinE martin.engb...@gmx.de wrote: I can confirm this bug in Evolution 2.26.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. The following procedure consistently triggers the bug: (1) Create a subfolder in Inbox (2) Copy several messages into the new folder (3) Rename the folder (4) Delete a single email from the renamed folder Expected Result: One email has been deleted from the folder. Observed Result: All except one email have been deleted from the folder. The remaining email is usually the newest one. Note that the emails are simply gone, they don't show up in Trash either. Importance: CRITICAL. rant I lost 7.5 years of university-related emails yesterday, due to this bug. Gone. Everything. Because I decided to rename a folder. I've never been so happy that I keep regular backups. There's no way that this bug is of medium importance. This stuff is simply not supposed to happen. /rant -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Quintin van Rooyen quintin.vanroo...@gmail.com The New SA Geek! http://blog.sageek.co.za -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Renaming the folder back to its original name had no effect whatsoever. The folder was still empty. -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
This seems to happen when moving a folder from one location to another, here is what happened, follow the steps to reproduce: I followed these steps: Created a folder under my inbox, Cassie. Set up a mail rule for all mail that come from cas...@domain.com to go to Inbox/Cassie. I run the rule on my inbox, and /Cassie now has 200 odd mails. After doing this for all my colleagues, I decide to make another folder: Inbox/Colleagues and I move Inbox/Cassie to Inbox/Colleagues/Cassie by dragging it to the correct place. All is well since the mails move with the folder, and the rule is updated accordingly. Until Cassie sends me a new mail. Suddenly ONLY the new mail (received after folder move) is displayed in my Inbox/Colleagues/Cassie folder! In a panic I check the pertinent file in .evolution (it reads kinda like a text document) and all the mails seem to be there in the document. Ubuntu 2.26.1 Ubuntu 9.04 Regards Q -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Same problem here: Evolution 2.26.1, ubuntu 9.04 -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Thanks for your quick response. The problem is reproducible: Steps: -create a new main folder with name 'test1' -in folder 'test1' create subfolder 'test2' -move some messages e.g. from the 'removed messages' folder into folder 'test1' -move a message from folder 'test1' into folder 'test2' -rename folder 'test1' to 'test3'. -move one message from folder 'test3' into subfolder 'test2'. after completion of this action folder 'test3' contains no messages. only the subfolder 'test2' is present. -subfolder 'test2' contains only the message that was moved into this subfolder in the previous step.the message move earlier into this subfolder has disappeared. I repeated this test as follows: -create a new main folder with name 'test1'. -in folder 'test1' create subfolder 'test2'. -in subfolder 'test2' create subsubfolder 'testx'. -move messages into 'test1', 'test2' and testx'. -rename 'test1' to 'test3'. -move a message from 'test1' into 'testx'. : 'test3' lost all messages, the messages in 'test2' survived, 'testx' contained only the message moved just into this subsubfolder. Hope this helps to solve the problem. Best regards Wim Boon Op maandag 13-07-2009 om 12:58 uur [tijdzone +], schreef Sebastien Bacher: Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions: * Is this reproducible? * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? This will help us to find and resolve the problem. ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 397980] Re: evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions: * Is this reproducible? * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? This will help us to find and resolve the problem. ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- evolution deletes all e-mails in a folder after renaming https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
