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Bug 483338 - Evolution : On startup unable to connect to POP server
Evolution : On startup unable to connect to POP server
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.12.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
evolution[pop]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-10-04 12:53 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2011-11-24 06:32 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20



Description Sebastien Bacher 2007-10-04 12:53:50 UTC
The bug has been opened on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140460

"Binary package hint: evolution

When starting evolution, pop-ups windows appears : Unable to connect to POP server.
If I click Cancel on all of them (for each accounts on different pop3 servers) and then click on Send / Receive there is no problems.

evolution : Version : 2.11.92-0ubuntu1
...


It 's not a really new issue, it started more than one week ago but I forgot to report it.
Here is the result from a command line :

stemp@caderousse:~$ LANG=C evolution
CalDAV Eplugin starting up ...
Loading Bogofilter as the default junk plugin
** (evolution:8275): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution %s
** (evolution:8275): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: not found

(evolution:8275): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_store_get_folder: assertion `folder_name != NULL' failed

(evolution:8275): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_object_is: assertion `o != NULL' failed

(evolution:8275): evolution-mail-CRITICAL **: mail_tools_folder_to_url: assertion `CAMEL_IS_FOLDER (folder)' failed

(evolution:8275): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_store_get_folder: assertion `folder_name != NULL' failed

(evolution:8275): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_object_is: assertion `o != NULL' failed

(evolution:8275): evolution-mail-CRITICAL **: mail_tools_folder_to_url: assertion `CAMEL_IS_FOLDER (folder)' failed
...
This bug appear when I'm on the Inbox folder !
If before quitting I choose another folder, evrything work fine on next startup.
..."
Comment 1 aragorn 2007-10-06 09:37:01 UTC
I can also confirm this bug.

jean@jean-laptop:~$ LANG=C evolution
CalDAV Eplugin starting up ...
Loading Spamassasin as the default junk plugin
** (evolution:12125): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution %s
** (evolution:12125): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution

(evolution:12125): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_store_get_folder: assertion `folder_name != NULL' failed

(evolution:12125): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_object_is: assertion `o != NULL' failed

(evolution:12125): evolution-mail-CRITICAL **: mail_tools_folder_to_url: assertion `CAMEL_IS_FOLDER (folder)' failed

(evolution:12125): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_store_get_folder: assertion `folder_name != NULL' failed

(evolution:12125): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_object_is: assertion `o != NULL' failed

(evolution:12125): evolution-mail-CRITICAL **: mail_tools_folder_to_url: assertion `CAMEL_IS_FOLDER (folder)' failed
Comment 2 Benjamin Drung 2008-01-07 11:56:10 UTC
I have a fix:

Move all your mails from the inbox to another folder. Then close Evolution. Goto ~/.evolution/mail/local/ and remove all files beginning with Inbox (in my case there were six files). Now you can start Evolution again and move the mails back to the inbox. The bug disappeared.
Comment 3 Robert Kochis 2008-05-06 01:14:31 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> I have a fix:
> 
> Move all your mails from the inbox to another folder. Then close Evolution.
> Goto ~/.evolution/mail/local/ and remove all files beginning with Inbox (in my
> case there were six files). Now you can start Evolution again and move the
> mails back to the inbox. The bug disappeared.
> 
Benjamin,
Thank you.  I followed your steps and this cleared the issue completely.  Please note that I had sub-folders (folders underneath Inbox) but I did not have to move those items only the Inbox messages as noted above.
Bob

Comment 4 Akhil Laddha 2011-10-13 06:17:51 UTC
Can you please check again whether this issue still happens in Evolution 3.0.3 or 3.2.0 and update this report by adding a comment and changing the "Version"
field? Thanks a lot.
Comment 5 Akhil Laddha 2011-11-24 06:32:47 UTC
Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with a newer
version of Evolution.