Evolution 3.28.1-1 doesn't do replies or forwards correctly

[cigtoxdoc]

When I upgraded from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS, I received a new version of Evolution. I was involuntarily upgraded from 3.20.1 to 3.28.1-1. Evolution 3.28.1-1 has some major bugs. When I reply, the text of the message I am not replying to is NOT included. The same problem occurs when I forward a message as inline. Moreover, when I attempt to add a signature, I get broken pipe errors. Please see output below when I started Evolution from the CLI.

How do I get a fully functional Evolution back???

John

johnl@john-Vostro-3500:~$ evolution

** (evolution:8478): CRITICAL **: 07:42:04.237: void webkit_web_view_load_bytes(WebKitWebView*, GBytes*, const char*, const char*, const char*): assertion 'bytesDataSize' failed

(evolution:8478): module-webkit-editor-WARNING **: 07:42:27.082: (/build/evolution-mc96o6/evolution-3.28.1/src/modules/webkit-editor/e-webkit-editor.c:5398):webkit_editor_finalize: runtime check failed: (g_queue_is_empty (priv->post_reload_operations))

** (evolution:8478): CRITICAL **: 07:55:17.256: void webkit_web_view_load_bytes(WebKitWebView*, GBytes*, const char*, const char*, const char*): assertion 'bytesDataSize' failed

(evolution:8478): module-webkit-editor-WARNING **: 07:55:49.082: (/build/evolution-mc96o6/evolution-3.28.1/src/modules/webkit-editor/e-webkit-editor.c:5398):webkit_editor_finalize: runtime check failed: (g_queue_is_empty (priv->post_reload_operations))

** (evolution:8478): CRITICAL **: 07:55:55.426: void webkit_web_view_load_bytes(WebKitWebView*, GBytes*, const char*, const char*, const char*): assertion 'bytesDataSize' failed

(evolution:8478): module-webkit-editor-WARNING **: 07:56:41.137: (/build/evolution-mc96o6/evolution-3.28.1/src/modules/webkit-editor/e-webkit-editor.c:5398):webkit_editor_finalize: runtime check failed: (g_queue_is_empty (priv->post_reload_operations))
Error sending IPC message: Broken pipe
Error sending IPC message: Broken pipe
Error sending IPC message: Broken pipe
Error sending IPC message: Broken pipe
Error sending IPC message: Broken pipe

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This will be fixed in evolution 3.28.1-2 which is on its way to Ubuntu 18.04. It may take a few days because we are late in the release cycle and uploads like this one will need to be manually approved by the Release Team.

[siucdude (siucdude)]

Does this include issue where i have multiple accounts and multiple Signatures and when i Open for new Email... It does not matter which signature i choose, It only shows the default Signature.

Or if you reply from Account 1 the Signature of Account 2 is used and you can't change that.

Thank You

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Yes, I expect the new update will fix that issue too. If it doesn't, please open a new bug after you have upgraded to evolution 3.28.1-2.

[cigtoxdoc (lauterba)]

How will one know that the updated software has been issued?
Thank you,

John

[Luis Alberto Pabón (copong)]

Either you'll get notified by update-notifier and see what updates are coming in there, or you update via apt and will be listed there too.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This bug was fixed in the package evolution - 3.28.1-2

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evolution (3.28.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Cherry-pick another patch from gnome-3-28 branch to fix
    multiple regressions in the email composer (Closes: #895504):
    - 0006-Revert-message-composer-part-of-the-previous-commit.patch

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:14:08 -0400

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

It will still be a few hours for the new version to build and be published.

[attila123 (vangel-attila)]

Hope this helps users like me searching about this problem:

I had this problem many-many months ago and then stopped using Evolution.
Now checked again, much newer version, but same issue.
In my case the solution was: go to Preferences -> Composer Preferences -> General tab -> Replies and Forwards -> check 'Reply style': make sure that it is not 'Do Not Quote'. Try which option is best for you. (I chose 'Inline (Outlook style)' because it contains not only the original sender, but the recipients as well.)