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Bug 485640 - Local delivery path configuration problem
Local delivery path configuration problem
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 352346
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.12.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evolution Shell Maintainers Team
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-10-11 07:40 UTC by Alex Malinovich
Modified: 2007-10-16 00:17 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20


Description Alex Malinovich 2007-10-11 07:40:07 UTC 
When editing an account to set Receiving Mail to "Local delivery", the Configuration dialog only allows selecting a directory, such as "/var/spool/mail". Individual files inside the directory are grayed out. When doing a Send/Receive, an error is produced saying "Could not open mail file /var/spool/mail: Is a directory".

Going back into the preferences for account and manually typing in the name of the actual mbox file produces an error saying "file exists". It is possible to ignore the error and click Ok. At this point everything works as it should. However the error that comes up would lead a user to believe that the setting DIDN'T work at which point the user is likely to just give up and hit Cancel. The dialog SHOULD allow selecting an individual file and not produce an error.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2007-10-16 00:17:09 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but we are happy to tell you that the problem has already been fixed. It should be solved in the next software version. You may want to check for a software upgrade.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 352346 ***