POP "Leave messages on server" now requires "Days"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Evolution |
Fix Released
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Critical
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evolution-data-server (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Oneiric |
Fix Released
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High
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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre |
Bug Description
[Impact]
High impact issue with a risk of data loss, due to the unexpected value of the "delete-after" property which would cause by default, email to be deleted from the server when older than 7 days. (Result is a single copy of the messages on the system, no longer on the server)
[Development Fix]
Not uploaded yet but available as a git commit upstream for 3.2.2 and in master branch (3.3+).
[Stable Fix]
A simple patch that can be easily applied to 3.2.1 (applied for 3.2.2 already); can be taken from git: http://
[Test Case]
Upgrade from Natty to Oneiric with a POP3 account configured in Evolution, with "Delete after ..." unchecked. After upgrade, delete-after should be set to 0 with the patch applied, and set to 7 without.
[Regression Potential]
Some users may be using the delete-after settings to clear out messages from POP3 servers, the default value change for new accounts may be unexpected, but avoids potential data loss.
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Evolution 3.x has changed in the POP Receiving Options to have the "Leave Messages On Server" selection linked to the "Days" value. In Evolution 2.x (and probably previous versions) these options were separate.
This is very confusing for users who want *all* their POP messages left on the server with no day filtering, and seems non-standard when compared to previous Evolution versions and just about every other POP client that I have encountered.
If the "Leave messages on server" option is selected, then the "Days" option should also be required to enabled, not left permanently enabled as if the current situation.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: evolution (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 21 19:59:41 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evolution
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
description: | updated |
Changed in evolution: | |
importance: | Unknown → Critical |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
As a workaround, you can set "Days" to 0 to avoid messages being automatically deleted.