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Bug 504171 - Tasks: if the outgong smtp serv...
Tasks: if the outgong smtp serv...
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.12.x (obsolete)
Other All
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-12-18 03:33 UTC by andy.grover
Modified: 2007-12-18 18:38 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20

Attachments
evo error box (16.47 KB, image/png)
2007-12-18 17:55 UTC, andy.grover 		Details

Description andy.grover 2007-12-18 03:33:11 UTC 
Version: 2.12

if the outgong smtp server cannot be connected, Evolution pops up an error message and then throws away the email. Data loss bug.


Distribution: Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
Gnome Release: 2.20.2 2007-11-27 (Red Hat, Inc)
BugBuddy Version: 2.20.1
Comment 1 André Klapper 2007-12-18 11:40:10 UTC 
it does not. if it does for you, please provide much more information.
Comment 2 andy.grover 2007-12-18 17:55:16 UTC 
Created attachment 101206 [details]
evo error box
Comment 3 andy.grover 2007-12-18 17:59:49 UTC 
Steps to reproduce:

1) Have a non-working outgoing mail server
2) Write an email.
3) Try to send it. Email disappears, and up comes the "Error while performing operation" error box. The composition window was closed, and the email was not saved in drafts, so there is no way to recover the (possibly long) email that was written.
Comment 4 andy.grover 2007-12-18 18:06:05 UTC 
ok sorry, it's saved to On This Computer->Outbox. Didn't even think to look there. Whew.
Comment 5 André Klapper 2007-12-18 18:12:38 UTC 
*cough* :-)
okay...
Comment 6 André Klapper 2007-12-18 18:18:49 UTC 
i wonder how to avoid such problems.
now i could either be an asshole and respond to you by yelling "read the f**king manual first".
i could also blame evolution for providing such an error message, and no "Message has been saved to Outbox" being part of evolution's error message. i prefer the latter. comments appreciated.
Comment 7 andy.grover 2007-12-18 18:38:38 UTC 
"The message is saved in local Outbox" would be very nice.