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Bug 369381 - can't create a new maildir or MH account
can't create a new maildir or MH account
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 352346
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.8.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-11-02 12:07 UTC by Matt Davey
Modified: 2007-03-22 09:52 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Matt Davey 2006-11-02 12:07:46 UTC
In evolution 2.8.0 I am unable to create a new maildir or MH account.
The problem is that the widget for selecting the 'path' is expecting
a file name, whereas maildir and MH require a directory name.

From mail-config.glade:
===========================
<widget class="GtkFileChooserButton" id="source_path_entry">
        <property name="visible">True</property>
        <property name="title" translatable="yes">Mailbox location</property>
        <property name="action">GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN</property>
        <property name="local_only">True</property>
        <property name="show_hidden">False</property>
        <property name="do_overwrite_confirmation">False</property>
        <property name="width_chars">-1</property>
</widget>
============================

The GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN should be
GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER
if you want to select a directory.  I expect this widget is currently
used for both mbox and maildir configuration, so the required change
won't be a one-liner.

(aside: this isn't the first regression affecting mh backends...
not everyone is using mbox.)
Comment 1 Matt Davey 2006-12-27 09:13:03 UTC
Still not triaged.  This bug is verging on critical: it makes it impossible to configure new maildir or mh backends.
Comment 2 Simon Holm Thøgersen 2007-03-21 23:47:52 UTC
This should be marked as a duplicate of #352346.
Comment 3 Matt Davey 2007-03-22 09:52:19 UTC
thanks for the pointer.  Marking as duplicate of bug 352346.

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