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Bug 628766 - Evolution duplicates Hotmail.com emails
Evolution duplicates Hotmail.com emails
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 539671
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.32.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-09-04 12:34 UTC by Adam Outler
Modified: 2013-09-13 01:04 UTC
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Description Adam Outler 2010-09-04 12:34:50 UTC 
When using Hotmail from multiple clients, all email messages will be randomly duplicated onto local email database.  

My settings:
Server: pop3.live.com
Secure connection: SSL
auth: password
Leave messages on server

I have my mail sent to both my iPhone and my Evolution account.  I would not either of them to delete email from the server so that both of them can access the messages.   I also like to keep my email as an archive.

This was a problem with Microsoft Outlook about 4 years ago.  It was resolved since then.  It is a major annoyance and a potential hazard since the replication of email, when left unchecked, can lead to data loss when the hard disk fills up.

This issue only effects Evolution and not iPhone Mail, or Microsoft Outlook.  The entire email inbox is downloaded every time Evolution "forgets" it has downloaded these messages in the past.
Comment 1 Akhil Laddha 2010-09-06 04:48:22 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 539671 ***