MIME Import is working for me on Evolution 3.24.6 (Fedora 26).

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 *T*ravis *W*alden
 *maydaycomput...@gmail.com <maydaycomput...@gmail.com>*

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Pete Biggs <p...@biggs.org.uk> wrote:

>
> >
> > I have been trying to import a certificate into Evolution 3.18.5.2.
> > After following the import steps, selecting import on the
> > Certificates section of Preferences, specifying NSS DB password and
> > specifying Certificate password, the operation ceases with no
> > feedback.
> >
> > Pulling down the source code for version 3.18.5.2 and examining the
> > file evolution-3.18.5.2/smime/gui/certificate-manager.c around line
> > 992 exposes the likely reason for the import failure with no
> > indication of failure.
> >
> > Lines 980 through 1008 select the proper import operation based on
> > the certificate type, perform the selected import operation and
> > report any errors that occur. Line 992 circumvents the error
> > reporting by doing a return if the certificate type is unknown.
> >
> > The user experience may be better if error were set to indicate an
> > unsupported certificate type and the error reported.
>
> If it's a bug then it should be reported. Version 3.18.5.2 is long out
> of date though and is not a current version so will not be fixed by the
> Evolution developers. If you need that version fixed then you should
> report it in your distribution's bug reporting system.
>
> If you can reproduce the behaviour in a current version of Evolution
> then file a bug in the Gnome bugzilla. If you can provide code to fix
> it, then I'm sure that would be appreciated!  If you do report it,
> please give the bugzilla number here so people searching for such a
> problem in the future can find it.
>
> P.
>
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