*** Bug 383618 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

(whoops, sorry - removing from CC)

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504171 is another case:


if the outgong smtp server cannot be connected, Evolution pops up an error
message and then throws away the email. Data loss bug.

-------Comment #3 from reporter, 2007-12-18 17:59 UTC-------
Steps to reproduce:
1) Have a non-working outgoing mail server
2) Write an email.
3) Try to send it. Email disappears, and up comes the "Error while performing
operation" error box. The composition window was closed, and the email was not
saved in drafts, so there is no way to recover the (possibly long) email that
was written.

-------Comment #4 from reporter, 2007-12-18 18:06 UTC-------
ok sorry, it's saved to On This Computer->Outbox. Didn't even think to look
there. Whew. 

-------Comment #6 from Andre Klapper, 2007-12-18 18:12 UTC-------
i wonder how to avoid such problems.
now i could either be an asshole and respond to you by yelling "read the
f**king manual first".
i could also blame evolution for providing such an error message, and no
"Message has been saved to Outbox" being part of evolution's error message. i
prefer the latter.

bug 506242 is about the "Cannot create new event. You have a read-only calendar source selected. Change view to Calendar View and highlight a calendar that can accept appointments" error message. we have had *several* reports from users that don't understand the message.
why don't we automatically change the default calendar to the system one that should be always readable, and perhaps only display a hint telling the user that the marked calendar was read-only and that it has been changed to the default one instead?

Okay, this is by far my favorite. It's the message Evolution shows you after a good ole crash.
Set the gconf key /apps/evolution/shell/recovery to true (or crash evolution sending it a SIGSEGV signal with kill -- whatever).

"Evolution Crash Recovery"
"Evolution appears to have exited unexpectedly the last time it was run. As a precautionary measure, all previews panes will be hidden. You can restore the preview panes from the View menu."

Two buttons:
"Ignore" and "Recover"

Now, it's okay for me the message, I understand it fairly well. It tells me that the preview pane WILL BE hidden, no matter what I'll choose.

So, what the heck do I ignore? The recovery process? So you're telling me that I won't see my messages recovered, and they'll be lost forever in the mists of time? Or that I should ignore this message, and see the preview pane even if it's in open contradiction with the abovementioned message? I don't understand what should be ignored.

And "recover" what? It may be to recover any message I was writing, for example. Or it may be "recover the preview pane" and that'll make crash evolution again, and I don't want that.

It seems to me that something is missing here. Or maybe it's just me not being a native English speaker, but I assure you the Italian translation doesn't do anything to make this better.

Bumping version to a stable release.