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Bug 649997 - Failed to append to mbox sent folder
Failed to append to mbox sent folder
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 638307
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
3.0.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
: 651627 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-05-11 21:16 UTC by Richard Ullger
Modified: 2011-06-13 09:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

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2011-05-11 21:16 UTC, Richard Ullger 		Details

Description Richard Ullger 2011-05-11 21:16:39 UTC 
Created attachment 187666 [details]
Displayed error message

After upgrading to v3.0.1, the first run of Evolution converted the mail database format from mbox to a new version. A message informed that the mbox format was retained in a new account and could be deleted once you confirmed that the conversion had succeeded.

Having confirmed this, I delete the mbox account and now, every time I send an email I get the warning...

Your message was sent, but an error occurred during post-processing.
The reported error was "Failed to append to mbox:///home/richard/.local/share/evolution/mail/local#Sent: Cannot get folder 'Sent': Folder does not exist.
Appending to local 'Sent' folder instead.
Comment 1 Matthew Barnes 2011-05-11 23:19:11 UTC 
Just reselect the Sent folder in your account preferences.
Comment 2 Richard Ullger 2011-05-12 17:38:32 UTC 
Thanks. Even though the correct Sent folder was selected, re-selecting and confirming did the trick.

Thanks for your extremely quick response.
Comment 3 Matthew Barnes 2011-05-12 17:51:05 UTC 
If you're interested, the reason it broke is because those preferences are remembered as folder URIs, but the URI format exposes the protocol (mbox://  vs  maildir://).  In Evolution 3.0 we switched the local storage format from mbox to Maildir, but forgot to migrate those preferences.  So reselecting the same folder stores it as a maildir:// URI.

Evolution 3.2 will use a more future-proof format for folder URIs.
Comment 4 Richard Ullger 2011-05-12 18:03:06 UTC 
Thanks for taking the trouble to explain.
Comment 5 Matthew Barnes 2011-06-01 10:53:16 UTC 
*** Bug 651627 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Milan Crha 2011-06-13 09:40:31 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 638307 ***