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evolution forgot location of imap Sent folder after recent upgrades

Bug #834335 reported by Jamie Strandboge
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evolution (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I use IMAP for email, and when I send email I have it stored in a Sent folder on my IMAP server. Recent oneiric upgrades broke this and I get the following error whenever I send an email:

'Message was sent, but an error occurred during post-processing.
...Failed to append to imap:///....Sent: Cannot get folder 'Sent': folder does not exist. Appending to local 'Sent' folder instead.'

This can easily be fixed by going to Edit/Preferences/Mail Accounts then selecting the account, click Edit, and going to the Defaults tab. Looking at the entries for Drafts and Sent, I only see 'click here to select a folder' rather than the folder I used to have prior to upgrades. I'm assuming this is some sort of migration failure.

Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)
summary: - evolution forgot location of Sent folder after recent upgrades
+ evolution forgot location of imap Sent folder after recent upgrades
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iMac (imac-netstatz) wrote :

I noticed this on 2.32 (Natty) when switching from IMAP to IMAP+, which may have happened on your Oneiric upgrade.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

There was a case during the Oneiric cycle where this issue came up again. You can work around this by setting the Sent folder for that account again in the accounts' settings, under "Default Settings".

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Kemel Zaidan aka Legendario (kemelzaidan)
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Kemel Zaidan aka Legendario (kemelzaidan) wrote :

I confirm this bug. The fact there is a workaround does not make it incomplete. It should be fixed. Besides, the workaround didn't work on my zymbra imap server.

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Kemel Zaidan aka Legendario (kemelzaidan) wrote :

Just to know. Evolution still saves the sent and draft mails on my imap server, but I can't see the messages on evolution, only on the web mail interface.

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