Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-12-14 Thread Pete Biggs
> ping! My upstream mail provider was bouncing messages ... > On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 13:47 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 00:20 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > > > Have you run Evolution with debugging enabled on this newly installed > > > > > computer? Does it sh

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-12-14 Thread Svante Signell
ping! On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 13:47 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 00:20 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > Have you run Evolution with debugging enabled on this newly installed > > > > computer? Does it show any errors or problems? > > > > > > Not yet, will try that. >

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-12-08 Thread Svante Signell
On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 00:20 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > Have you run Evolution with debugging enabled on this newly installed > > > computer? Does it show any errors or problems? > > > > Not yet, will try that. The only debug flag from the man page says: --debug=FILE

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-11-29 Thread Pete Biggs
> > > Have you run Evolution with debugging enabled on this newly installed > > computer? Does it show any errors or problems? > > Not yet, will try that. > BTW: does the user have to be part of the mail group? > >From the point of view of Evolution, no the user doesn't have to be a member of

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-11-29 Thread Svante Signell
On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 22:38 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 23:19 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 19:07 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 16:14 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 13:45 +, Pete Biggs wrote: >

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-11-29 Thread Pete Biggs
On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 23:19 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 19:07 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 16:14 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 13:45 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > OK. I've done some more Googling on your behalf

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-11-29 Thread Svante Signell
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 19:07 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 16:14 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 13:45 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > OK. I've done some more Googling on your behalf - there was a > > > Debian/Ubuntu packaging bug that might affect

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-11-28 Thread Svante Signell
On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 16:14 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 13:45 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > OK. I've done some more Googling on your behalf - there was a > > Debian/Ubuntu packaging bug that might affect you - basically make sure > > that /usr/lib/evolution/camel-lock-he

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-11-24 Thread Michael Banck
Hi, On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:44:47PM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > I see the following with strace: > > > > /home//.local/share/evolution/mail/spool/: (No such file or directory) > > /home//.local/share/evolution/mail/smtp/:465 (No such file > > or directory) > > stat64("/var/mail/" etc = 0 >

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-31 Thread Svante Signell
On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 13:45 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > OK. I've done some more Googling on your behalf - there was a > Debian/Ubuntu packaging bug that might affect you - basically make sure > that /usr/lib/evolution/camel-lock-helper-1.2 is SGID mail. Thanks for your help so far. Still not the

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-31 Thread Pete Biggs
> > > > OK. But the bottom line is that Evolution can't get a lock on your mail > > spool file - if it can't get a lock, then it can't do anything with it. > > If the permissions on the file are correct, then there must be some > > other process holding a lock on it. You need to find out which

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-31 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 12:33 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > And the "strange name" is actually the UID of the account within Evo, > which you will be able to see at the beginning of the line from gconf. > OK! > > > Have you actually looked to see if the actual spool file is accessed at > > > all?

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-31 Thread Svante Signell
On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 09:37 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is > > > > NULL before it's set. > > > > The overwriting error message was: Could not lock '/var/mail/' > > > > > > And that is the root of all your problems. > > >

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-31 Thread Pete Biggs
> > > > This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL > > > before it's set. > > > The overwriting error message was: Could not lock '/var/mail/' > > > > And that is the root of all your problems. > > > > Check the ownership and permissions on the /var/mail/ file - it

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-30 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 22:44 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > I see the following with strace: > > > > This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL > > before it's set. > > The overwriting error message was: Could not lock '/var/mail/' > > And that is the root of all

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-30 Thread Pete Biggs
> > I see the following with strace: > > /home//.local/share/evolution/mail/spool/: (No such file or directory) > /home//.local/share/evolution/mail/smtp/:465 (No such file or > directory) > stat64("/var/mail/" etc = 0 > open("/var/mail/", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 33 > > Several times: (varyi

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-30 Thread Svante Signell
To enter the list, I need to send from the right mail account. On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 12:33 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > And the "strange name" is actually the UID of the account within Evo, > which you will be able to see at the beginning of the line from gconf. > OK! > > > Have you actually lo

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-30 Thread Pete Biggs
> > I'm just saying the when I created the new mbox file account after > removing the old, this directory was created, containing these files. Yes, because Evo needs somewhere to store the indexes for that account. > The pop account I have is also having a strange name, but that directory > con

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-30 Thread Andre Klapper
On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 12:34 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > (evolution:8019): evolution-mail-WARNING **: Failed to refresh folders: > Error storing 'mailbox: //INBOX (spool)': Summary and folder > mismatch, even after a sync That reminds me of famous bug 213072. Also see http://library.gnome.org/us

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-30 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 10:39 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > > > > They are the normal indexing and config files for mail accounts - they > > > > > don't contain any emails. > > > > > > > > It seem like evo is looking for the mails in that directory?? > > > > > > I can't see anywhere where

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-30 Thread Pete Biggs
> > > > > > > > They are the normal indexing and config files for mail accounts - they > > > > don't contain any emails. > > > > > > It seem like evo is looking for the mails in that directory?? > > > > I can't see anywhere where you say how you know it's looking in that > > directory? > > As

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-29 Thread Svante Signell
On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 10:05 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I was waiting for the latest bugfix release to see if the local > > > > > mailbox > > > > > spool problem was solved. Unfortunately it was not :( Local mails are > > > > > delivered to /var/mail/ and these are the settings u

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-29 Thread Pete Biggs
> > > > > > > > I was waiting for the latest bugfix release to see if the local mailbox > > > > spool problem was solved. Unfortunately it was not :( Local mails are > > > > delivered to /var/mail/ and these are the settings used for > > > > the local mail account in evo. However, evo looks for t

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-29 Thread Svante Signell
On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 15:30 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 11:34 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > > severity 640851 serious > > > found 640851 3.4.3-1 > > > found 640851 3.4.4-1 > > > thanks > > > > > > I was waiting for the latest bugfix release to see if the local mailbox > >

Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-26 Thread Pete Biggs
> On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 11:34 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > severity 640851 serious > > found 640851 3.4.3-1 > > found 640851 3.4.4-1 > > thanks > > > > I was waiting for the latest bugfix release to see if the local mailbox > > spool problem was solved. Unfortunately it was not :( Local mails

[Evolution] [Fwd: Re: local mail spool still unaccessible with evo 3.4.4.-1]

2012-10-26 Thread Svante Signell
Hi, Forwarding this problem to the list. Maybe somebody has a solution/explanation? Is it fixed for 3.6.x? If so, is a simple backport possible? Thanks! Forwarded Message From: Svante Signell Reply-to: svante.sign...@telia.com To: 640...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: local mail