reopen 795287 thanks On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 17:10 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On 10/09/15 16:33, Svante Signell wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 14:55 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > > Removing that account in preferences and setting it up again does > > > not feel nice, even if the gmail account is using IMAP. I'm > > > inclined to reopen this serious bug. Or maybe its time to switch > > > to another MUA? > > > > FYI: I did create a new account for the gmail address and checked > > if it was OK: It was :) Then I could happily remove the old account > > and rename the new to the old name. All is fine for now. > > If upstream could fix existing accounts that had already suffered > from this bug, they would probably have done so in the version that > fixed the bug; the fact that they didn't do this suggests that it may > be impossible. > > My understanding is that 3.16.3 had a data-loss bug for GMail > accounts, which led to internal data needed by the stored account > being incomplete, hence the affected account was unusable even after > upgrading. We don't have a time machine, so we can't retroactively > fix 3.16.3.
All is not well with 3.16.5 either: when I create a new account for my gmail mail, it is created and (after a long time) works as intended. However after quitting evo , that mail account is GONE. This has happened twice now. Reopening! _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
