evolution failed to convert mbox subfolder to mdir

[Martin Konôpka]

I have a few days old installation of Linux Mint 13, MATE edition, 64 bit. Previosly I was using Ubuntu 11.04 on the machine and I had had an older version of evolution there.

It looks that evolution failed to convert my emails, those stored in subfolders, from mbox to mdir storage mode.

(What I call subfolder here is not really a subdirectory but only a file from the OS point of view. But in evolution if looks like a folder.)

Some details:

* I have always been using IMAP.
* I have been using the local folder Sent and specifically its subfolders like 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 to store sent emails.
    (I.e. emails sent in year 2008 were stored in subfolder Sent/2008 etc.)
* Before reinstalling the operating system I did the usual backup of evolution data.
* After having installed the new OS (Mint 13, completely new installation with entire disk formatted), I launched evolution. It gave me information that my mbox-stored emails would be converted to mdir.
* Now I see that evolution failed to convert emails stored in the subfolders. It converted only emails stored in folders.
* Interestingly, the new evolution (3.2.3) did not import the concerned "Defaults" from the backup properly. I.e. the folder where sent emails should be copied is not set in the IMAP account settings. Anyway, the evolution does have the setting "Sent/2012" somewhere stored because it tried to use it.

See attachement.

So, to reporoduce the problem:
1.) Have an older (mbox-type) evolution (like that in ubuntu 11.04 or older), use IMAP protocol.
2.) Create the local subfolder Sent/2012 and in the evolution settings choose that sent emails would be stored in Sent/2012.
3.) Sent a few emails.
4.) Backup the evolution data, transfer them to a machine with the new evolution (3.2.3) which has never been launched before on that machine (under your account).
5.) Start evolution 3.2.3; the initialization procedure - the wizard - pops up.
6.) Import the data from the backup file and complete the initialization.
7.) Send an email so that evolution would try to append the copy of it to the preset subfolder like Sent/2012.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for evolution (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]