GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 483338
Evolution : On startup unable to connect to POP server
Last modified: 2011-11-24 06:32:47 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. ..."
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
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.
(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
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.
Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with a newer version of Evolution.