Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
On Fri, 2016-03-25 at 00:02 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > about your rant: > > > > Actually Fedora has been installed with a user account. This is my > > home (real) desktop machine, I have been logging as root for years, > > without any issue (at least not issues I am aware of). Is it really > > so > > bad? > I'm sorry to use LMGTFY, and it's not meant as a put down, but it's > an > indication of what you should read: > > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+you+should+not+login+as+root > > There's very few things that Unix/Linux people agree on, but one of > them is that you do not habitually login as root. I'd put it more strongly: if using a GUI (rather than a text console) you should *never* log in as root. If you need temporary root powers for some admin task, use su or sudo from your normal user account. poc ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
> about your rant: > > Actually Fedora has been installed with a user account. This is my > home (real) desktop machine, I have been logging as root for years, > without any issue (at least not issues I am aware of). Is it really so > bad? I'm sorry to use LMGTFY, and it's not meant as a put down, but it's an indication of what you should read: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+you+should+not+login+as+root There's very few things that Unix/Linux people agree on, but one of them is that you do not habitually login as root. P. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Bogofilter stopped working suddenly?
On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 09:31 +0100, Milan Crha wrote: > to properly do any spam filtering evolution needs to download whole > message and pass it to the spam-detection software > (bogofilter/spamassassin). The error says that the message download > failed, though the reason ("junk-test") is rather misleading. This may be a red herring; it hasn't reappeared even though I've gotten plenty of spam since then. > I suppose evolution console doesn't show anything useful, does it? By "console" do you mean whatever Evo prints to stdout/stderr? I normally start it from GNOME Shell and I have no idea where the output goes. However see below. > Can you run /usr/bin/bogofilter and pass to it a message content, > which is supposed to check whether the message is or is not a spam, > reporting it with the exit code? The command can be: > >$ /usr/bin/bogofilter <~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/... I saved a spam message as mbox and ran bogofilter on it and it exited with 2 (unsure). > eventually with added argument --unicode=yes, if you have the convert > to unicode checked. You can also try to run evolution with: > > $ CAMEL_DEBUG=junk evolution > > to get some debugging around the junk processing. OK I did this. It's a little annoying that the debugging rarely flushe s. It took me a while to realize that I was getting no output just because I hadn't waited long enough, then it spewed out in a big chunk :). But as above, I see all spam email being determined inconclusive: Sender 'Wireless Security Camera Options' in book? 0 Junk filter classification: inconclusive Message is determined to be clean No matter how much I train I still get inconclusive. So maybe this is an issue with bogofilter not Evo. One thing I don't understand is why my bogofilter wordlist file is not being updated, unless I explicitly train (with CTRL-J to specify spam). Doesn't Evo train all email? ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 19:35 +0100, mario chiari wrote: > > That's an Evolution data store from a much earlier version. > Ok, fine > > (search for > > "Data storage locations"). > > "Data storage" explains: > > >>Evolution 3.6 and later stores its data according to the XDG Base > Directory Specification. By default this means: > > The user's data files $HOME/.local/share/evolution > Various configuration and state files $HOME/.config/evolution > Account settings$HOME/.config/evolution/sources > Disposable data caches $HOME/.cache/evolution > Configuration settings in GSettings $HOME/.config/dconf << > > so, do i need to copy all (and only) above directories from old > machine over to the new one? Is doing so safe? You don't need to copy anything below .cache because it will be recreated as needed. And once again, make sure Evo is completely off before copying. poc ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
Hi thanks so much again On gio, 2016-03-24 at 16:42 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > Transferring your whole home directory will also transfer all the > > > Evolution data and settings - but that is only really useful if > > > you > > > actually want all your home moved! > > on the old machine, it seems I have > > -- most Evolution stuff under the folder > > /root/.local/share/evolution > > (198497 items, totalling 8,5 GB) > ... > > -- a further folder /root/.evolution ... > That's an Evolution data store from a much earlier version. Ok, fine > (search for > "Data storage locations"). "Data storage" explains: >>Evolution 3.6 and later stores its data according to the XDG Base Directory Specification. By default this means: The user's data files $HOME/.local/share/evolution Various configuration and state files $HOME/.config/evolution Account settings$HOME/.config/evolution/sources Disposable data caches $HOME/.cache/evolution Configuration settings in GSettings $HOME/.config/dconf << so, do i need to copy all (and only) above directories from old machine over to the new one? Is doing so safe? thks cheers m. ps about your rant: Actually Fedora has been installed with a user account. This is my home (real) desktop machine, I have been logging as root for years, without any issue (at least not issues I am aware of). Is it really so bad? Anyway, I appreciate you care. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 11:02 -0600, Zan Lynx wrote: > On 03/24/2016 10:42 AM, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > I meant your Linux account. But that's because you need to make sure > > nothing is using the filesystem when you move the data around - but you > > can't actually do this trick if the home belongs to root because you > > can't move the data without being logged in as root. > There are a couple of methods to move data which will work. You can log > in using only a command-line shell on either the console or via SSH. > This will not start up the Gnome services and you can copy the data freely. Sure, but you are still playing with a logged in user's home directory - which may well be OK, but a user who uses root as a login account might well have done something odd! It's just adds another level of uncertainty. > > You can also do it from a GUI if you guarantee that Evolution is shut > down. There used to be a killev command... $ evolution --force-shutdown > > OK, I just tried this and I have to say WTF? How does anyone do > Evolution development anymore? I killed the processes and they don't > stay dead. What if I wanted to run a newly compiled version with a > debugger or command line flags or environment variables? I have to hack > DBUS files now? That's insane. Evolution itself doesn't restart, it's the backend processes. And it's not Evo that's starting them - it's things like Gnome-calendar that uses Evolution calendars as a source. The way to deal with it if you are doing dev work is to kill the old process and start the new process in one command line - that way you start it before anything else has a chance to. P. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Gmail + Sent Messages to a local folder
> > I'm sorry, I'm not really sure what you want or what you are having > > difficulty with. > ... no difficulty at all, but I would have liked to read some pros or > cons concerning Gmail sent messages = local folder vs. Gmail sent > messages = gmail.com server folder. The question is not one of pros and cons. Gmail itself (not Evolution) saves a copy of every email you send through it, independent of any settings in Evolution. So you *should not* tell Evolution to save sent mail on the server for Gmail accounts - not only is it unnecessary to do so, but I think it might well cause confusion when you have two copies of every message sent. For Gmail accounts you should configure Evolution to store sent messages in a local folder, normally "On This Computer/Sent". This is the advice from both Google and the Evolution team. (If you don't use Gmail's SMTP server, then this doesn't apply.) > Hoped we could have done this without getting wires crossed, as > explaining Gmails physical folder structure vs. its virtualization might > go off topic here ? It is on-topic in so much as it might be necessary to explain some of the odd behaviour of Gmail accounts - but it is not Evolution specific, any IMAP client suffers from the same problems. > Is it possible to attach a screenshot to another mail for the list > here ? > You would be better using some image service and pasting a link - that is the way to annoy the least number of people. P. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Gmail + Sent Messages to a local folder
Am Donnerstag, den 24.03.2016, 14:21 + schrieb Pete Biggs: > On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 14:48 +0100, Tom wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, den 23.03.2016, 09:33 + schrieb Pete Biggs: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regarding Gmail: there isn't much to be said. Gmail stores all sent > > > > > mail in the Sent Mail folder (of course Gmail doesn't actually use > > > > > folders, it's really the Sent Mail label, but when accessing it via > > > > > IMAP it appears as a folder). (Note that this will also happen if you > > > > > use POP). The following is copied directly from the Help menu item on > > > > > IMAP on the Gmail site: > > > > Here you forgot to tell us that all seen below is about Outlook Express, > > > > what I don't give a monkey's ... > > > No, it says "If you're not using one of the above listed clients, as a > > > general rule, we suggest the following settings:" and the one directly > > > above happens to be "Outlook Express". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78892?hl=en where it's copied > > > > from doesn't have an answer for Evolution :-( > > > > > > > What more do you want to know about for Evolution? Are you unsure (...) > > ... not in the slightest ! Im sure I 've put the question in dispute > > here -maybe not formulated very well - ... > > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2016-February/msg00228.html > > > > I'm sorry, I'm not really sure what you want or what you are having > difficulty with. ... no difficulty at all, but I would have liked to read some pros or cons concerning Gmail sent messages = local folder vs. Gmail sent messages = gmail.com server folder. Hoped we could have done this without getting wires crossed, as explaining Gmails physical folder structure vs. its virtualization might go off topic here ? Is it possible to attach a screenshot to another mail for the list here ? Best, -- TomProstNet - Tom ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
On 03/24/2016 10:42 AM, Pete Biggs wrote: > I meant your Linux account. But that's because you need to make sure > nothing is using the filesystem when you move the data around - but you > can't actually do this trick if the home belongs to root because you > can't move the data without being logged in as root. There are a couple of methods to move data which will work. You can log in using only a command-line shell on either the console or via SSH. This will not start up the Gnome services and you can copy the data freely. You can also do it from a GUI if you guarantee that Evolution is shut down. There used to be a killev command... OK, I just tried this and I have to say WTF? How does anyone do Evolution development anymore? I killed the processes and they don't stay dead. What if I wanted to run a newly compiled version with a debugger or command line flags or environment variables? I have to hack DBUS files now? That's insane. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 16:42 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > -- most Evolution stuff under the folder > /root/.local/share/evolution > > (198497 items, totalling 8,5 GB) > > OK. I know this is nothing to do with Evolution, but it's important > to > say this: > > > DO NOT use root as your normal login account. Just don't. > There are NO REASONS to use root, especially for email, web browsing > etc. I know it appears to make things easier, but you are setting > your > self up for a big, big fail. Just don't do it. +1 This is absolutely insane. You're playing Russian roulette while driving a clown car with no seat-belt across a high wire with no net. poc ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
> > > > You can create a backup tar file from the 'File' menu ("Back up > > Evolution Data") and then restore it on the new machine. > doing so, do I transfer everything (accounts, filters, folder > structure)? Yes. It should do. It will probably work quite well as the Evolution versions are very close. Please see the Evolution help for more information on backing up and restoring data. > > > > > > > Transferring your whole home directory will also transfer all the > > Evolution data and settings - but that is only really useful if you > > actually want all your home moved! > on the old machine, it seems I have > -- most Evolution stuff under the folder /root/.local/share/evolution > (198497 items, totalling 8,5 GB) OK. I know this is nothing to do with Evolution, but it's important to say this: DO NOT use root as your normal login account. Just don't. There are NO REASONS to use root, especially for email, web browsing etc. I know it appears to make things easier, but you are setting your self up for a big, big fail. Just don't do it. You say you are using Fedora - this means that you have ignored all the warnings when installing it that you must set up a user account and not to use root. Have you ever wondered why experienced sysadmins and Linux gurus tell users not to use root? Well, that's because they are experienced and have been bitten by it. OK, continuing with the normal programs... > -- a further folder /root/.evolution with a few files (104 items, > totalling 8,2 MB), which I do not think it has been used (I do not > understand why they are there) That's an Evolution data store from a much earlier version. The location of the Evolution data is detailed in the help (search for "Data storage locations"). > > > > > Make sure you aren't logged in to > > your account > which account? do you mean I stop Evolution? on both machines? > I meant your Linux account. But that's because you need to make sure nothing is using the filesystem when you move the data around - but you can't actually do this trick if the home belongs to root because you can't move the data without being logged in as root. P. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
Hi thanks so much for the prompt reply. On gio, 2016-03-24 at 15:32 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > I need to move my mails (several Gigas) and the different pieces of > > configuration (accounts, filters, ..) to a new machine. > You can create a backup tar file from the 'File' menu ("Back up > Evolution Data") and then restore it on the new machine. doing so, do I transfer everything (accounts, filters, folder structure)? > > Transferring your whole home directory will also transfer all the > Evolution data and settings - but that is only really useful if you > actually want all your home moved! on the old machine, it seems I have -- most Evolution stuff under the folder /root/.local/share/evolution (198497 items, totalling 8,5 GB) -- a further folder /root/.evolution with a few files (104 items, totalling 8,2 MB), which I do not think it has been used (I do not understand why they are there) > Make sure you aren't logged in to > your account which account? do you mean I stop Evolution? on both machines? look forward for your help cheers mario ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
> I need to move my mails (several Gigas) and the different pieces of > configuration (accounts, filters, ..) to a new machine. Clearly, > folder structure has to be preserved too. Eventually everything has > to > work as before. > > Which is the safer way to get that? > > Note > Old machine: Fedora 22, Evolution 3.16.5 > New machine: Fedora 23, Evolution 3.18.5.1 > I may access the old machine by nfs. > There are a couple of ways. You can create a backup tar file from the 'File' menu ("Back up Evolution Data") and then restore it on the new machine. Transferring your whole home directory will also transfer all the Evolution data and settings - but that is only really useful if you actually want all your home moved! Make sure you aren't logged in to your account when you move things (or it will get messy) - what I tend to do is to copy your old home to something like '/home/user.old' then logout of your username, login as (say) root and do 'mv /home/user /home/user.x ; mv /home/user.old /home/user'. When you log back in as 'user' everything will be there. Finally you can selectively copy the relevant Evolution directories - but that needs you to work out everything that is needed! P. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
[Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine
Hi, I need to move my mails (several Gigas) and the different pieces of configuration (accounts, filters, ..) to a new machine. Clearly, folder structure has to be preserved too. Eventually everything has to work as before. Which is the safer way to get that? Note Old machine: Fedora 22, Evolution 3.16.5 New machine: Fedora 23, Evolution 3.18.5.1 I may access the old machine by nfs. Thanks for your help cheers mario ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Evolution-EWS GetUserPhoto?
Is fetching user photos supposed to work for Evo Contacts with Office 365? On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Paul Stejskalwrote: > Exchange photos displaying in messages. Like Outlook. > On Mar 24, 2016 3:16 AM, "Milan Crha" wrote: > >> On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 12:44 -0500, Paul Stejskal wrote: >> > Hello team. I was wondering how hard it would be to implement >> > GetUserPhoto for Exchange 2013? >> >> Hello, >> what part you'd like to use it for, please? [1] >> Bye, >> Milan >> >> [1] >> https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/jj190905%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx#bk_EWS >> ___ >> evolution-list mailing list >> evolution-list@gnome.org >> To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list >> > > ___ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Gmail + Sent Messages to a local folder
On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 14:48 +0100, Tom wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 23.03.2016, 09:33 + schrieb Pete Biggs: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regarding Gmail: there isn't much to be said. Gmail stores all sent > > > > mail in the Sent Mail folder (of course Gmail doesn't actually use > > > > folders, it's really the Sent Mail label, but when accessing it via > > > > IMAP it appears as a folder). (Note that this will also happen if you > > > > use POP). The following is copied directly from the Help menu item on > > > > IMAP on the Gmail site: > > > Here you forgot to tell us that all seen below is about Outlook Express, > > > what I don't give a monkey's ... > > No, it says "If you're not using one of the above listed clients, as a > > general rule, we suggest the following settings:" and the one directly > > above happens to be "Outlook Express". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78892?hl=en where it's copied > > > from doesn't have an answer for Evolution :-( > > > > > What more do you want to know about for Evolution? Are you unsure (...) > ... not in the slightest ! Im sure I 've put the question in dispute > here -maybe not formulated very well - ... > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2016-February/msg00228.html > I'm sorry, I'm not really sure what you want or what you are having difficulty with. P. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Gmail + Sent Messages to a local folder
Am Mittwoch, den 23.03.2016, 09:33 + schrieb Pete Biggs: > > > Regarding Gmail: there isn't much to be said. Gmail stores all sent > > > mail in the Sent Mail folder (of course Gmail doesn't actually use > > > folders, it's really the Sent Mail label, but when accessing it via > > > IMAP it appears as a folder). (Note that this will also happen if you > > > use POP). The following is copied directly from the Help menu item on > > > IMAP on the Gmail site: > > Here you forgot to tell us that all seen below is about Outlook Express, > > what I don't give a monkey's ... > > No, it says "If you're not using one of the above listed clients, as a > general rule, we suggest the following settings:" and the one directly > above happens to be "Outlook Express". > > > > > > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78892?hl=en where it's copied > > from doesn't have an answer for Evolution :-( > > > What more do you want to know about for Evolution? Are you unsure (...) ... not in the slightest ! Im sure I 've put the question in dispute here -maybe not formulated very well - ... https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2016-February/msg00228.html Best, -- TomProstNet - Tom ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Evolution-EWS GetUserPhoto?
Exchange photos displaying in messages. Like Outlook. On Mar 24, 2016 3:16 AM, "Milan Crha"wrote: > On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 12:44 -0500, Paul Stejskal wrote: > > Hello team. I was wondering how hard it would be to implement > > GetUserPhoto for Exchange 2013? > > Hello, > what part you'd like to use it for, please? [1] > Bye, > Milan > > [1] > https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/jj190905%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx#bk_EWS > ___ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Bogofilter stopped working suddenly?
On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 16:39 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > Execution of filter 'Junk check' failed: Error executing filter > search: > Failed to retrieve message: (junk-test) > > Anyone have any idea what that might mean, and if it's relevant? Hi, to properly do any spam filtering evolution needs to download whole message and pass it to the spam-detection software (bogofilter/spamassassin). The error says that the message download failed, though the reason ("junk-test") is rather misleading. I suppose evolution console doesn't show anything useful, does it? Can you run /usr/bin/bogofilter and pass to it a message content, which is supposed to check whether the message is or is not a spam, reporting it with the exit code? The command can be: $ /usr/bin/bogofilter <~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/... eventually with added argument --unicode=yes, if you have the convert to unicode checked. You can also try to run evolution with: $ CAMEL_DEBUG=junk evolution to get some debugging around the junk processing. Bye, Milan ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Evolution-EWS GetUserPhoto?
On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 12:44 -0500, Paul Stejskal wrote: > Hello team. I was wondering how hard it would be to implement > GetUserPhoto for Exchange 2013? Hello, what part you'd like to use it for, please? [1] Bye, Milan [1] https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/jj190905%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx#bk_EWS ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list