GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 222346
Evolution imports duplicate emails when importing same file > once
Last modified: 2006-03-01 18:41:42 UTC
Package: Evolution Priority: Minor Version: 1.0.2 Synopsis: Evolution imports duplicate emails when importing same file > once Bugzilla-Product: Evolution Bugzilla-Component: Importers Description: Description: When importing email files from Mozilla 0.9.7, if asked to import the same file more than once, Evolution will import all messages already imported in addition to new messages. For example, when setting up a Linux system with Mozilla and Evolution, I initially imported the inbox which worked perfectly. Later, I had opened Mozilla Mail to test some settings and it downloaded the latest messages, which Moz was configured to delete from the server. I wanted these in Evolution (what was to be the main email program) so reimported the files. Evolution imported the new messages fine, but also imported the other 1200 or so messages so that there were two of each. Some sort of intelligence should probably added so that if an email in a data file being imported is identical to one already in the folder, it should skip it or ask what to do (with a checkbox saying "Respect this choice for all duplicates" or the like).
I'd like to propose to implement such feature as in "The Bat!" mailer: we have a "Kill dups" in popup of mail folder, in which duplicates are detected. It will be VERY cool, espessially for those, who use more then one mailer, and sync them through improt. As for me it it the only feature that Evo lacks. It is really GREAT product.
hmm. importing a file should *not* check for duplicates in my humble opinion. and having a "kill dups" feature is a duplicate of bug 253244. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 253244 ***