Evolution copies email to Sent folder before it's actually sent

[Vegard Svanberg]

Hi,

I have intermittent problems sending email from Evolution. Maybe every other day or so, Evolution gives the impression the email has been sent, while it hasn't been.

When this happens, this is what I see on the server side (IP/host info withheld):

May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: connect from unknown[IPv6:address]
May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: B218622E50: client=unknown[IPv6:address]
May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: B218622E50: client=unknown[IPv6:address]
May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/cleanup[13287]: B218622E50: message-id=<1431498208.15596.31.camel@<withheld>>
May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: lost connection after DATA (64324 bytes) from unknown[IPv6:address]
May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: disconnect from unknown[IPv6:address]

May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: connect from unknown[IPv6:address]
May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: 21E8522E44: client=unknown[IPv6:address]
May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: 21E8522E44: client=unknown[IPv6:address]
May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/cleanup[2894]: 21E8522E44: message-id=<1431688478.15596.89.camel@<withheld>>
May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: lost connection after DATA (64320 bytes) from unknown[IPv6:address]
May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: disconnect from unknown[IPv6:address]

Now, why the connection is lost might be an interesting thing to find out in and by itself, but the real concern I have is the fact the Evolution doesn't detect this error.

It seems to pretend everything is ok and copies the email to the Sent folder without indicating something went wrong.

Would it be unreasonable of me to expect Evolution to wait for a 250 first?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Vegard Svanberg (vegard-svanberg)]

Added to upstream as bug #749571:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749571

* Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> [2015-05-19 10:00]:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it
> would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers
> of the software by following the instructions at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please
> tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a
> bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1455491
>
> Title:
> Evolution copies email to Sent folder before it's actually sent
>
> Status in evolution package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
>
> I have intermittent problems sending email from Evolution. Maybe every
> other day or so, Evolution gives the impression the email has been
> sent, while it hasn't been.
>
> When this happens, this is what I see on the server side (IP/host info
> withheld):
>
> May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: connect from unknown[IPv6:address]
> May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: B218622E50: client=unknown[IPv6:address]
> May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: B218622E50: client=unknown[IPv6:address]
> May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/cleanup[13287]: B218622E50: message-id=<1431498208.15596.31.camel@<withheld>>
> May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: lost connection after DATA (64324 bytes) from unknown[IPv6:address]
> May 13 08:23:28 mail postfix/smtpd[14289]: disconnect from unknown[IPv6:address]
>
> May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: connect from unknown[IPv6:address]
> May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: 21E8522E44: client=unknown[IPv6:address]
> May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: 21E8522E44: client=unknown[IPv6:address]
> May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/cleanup[2894]: 21E8522E44: message-id=<1431688478.15596.89.camel@<withheld>>
> May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: lost connection after DATA (64320 bytes) from unknown[IPv6:address]
> May 15 13:14:38 mail postfix/smtpd[3632]: disconnect from unknown[IPv6:address]
>
> Now, why the connection is lost might be an interesting thing to find
> out in and by itself, but the real concern I have is the fact the
> Evolution doesn't detect this error.
>
> It seems to pretend everything is ok and copies the email to the Sent
> folder without indicating something went wrong.
>
> Would it be unreasonable of me to expect Evolution to wait for a 250
> first?
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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