The reported error was "Exchange server cannot send message as '<email address hidden>', when the account was configured for address 'NULL'".

[Kaare Baastrup]

when trying to send an e-mail I get the following
The reported error was "Exchange server cannot send message as '<email address hidden>', when the account was configured for address 'NULL'".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: evolution-ews 3.6.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 26 17:19:53 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120911)
SourcePackage: evolution-ews
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Kaare Baastrup (kaare-baastrup)]

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2012-June/msg04570.html

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Nils Hondong (nils-hondong)]

Hi, is there any Workarround availible? kind regards, Nils

[James Bottomley (jejbcan)]

Problem is that there was a bogus configuration element

workaround is to manually edit configuration file in .config/evolution/mail/sources

to find the problem file do

grep ^Email= *

And you'll find a file with a line saying

Email=

Change this file to add your actual sending email and the message will go away (and email will now send correctly)

[Kaare Baastrup (kaare-baastrup)]

tanks thats worked :-)

Lets hope a fix will be released soon.

[Michael Reinders (sovitzky)]

I'm having the same issue and the fix is not working for me, probably because I'm a staunch Windows user and VERY new to unix/linux/Fedora.

Just installed Fedora 18 and connected up to my work's Exchange 2010 environment using EWS. I can receive all email but get the error here when trying to send. I am trying to perform the fix by JEJB. Here are the steps I'm taking:

Open Terminal
cd .config
cd evolution
cd sources (or mail\sources)
grep ^Email= *

Initially, the results showed a file named something like <email address hidden>

I gedit'd that file, found the email= line and added my work Exchange email address. Right after I save the file, and I do another grep command it shows the original file with the email= line WITH my email address, then also, I assume, a backup copy of the file with a '~' at the end.

Anyway, I go back into Evolution, and I still get the same error. How can I tell what exact config file it's using? Anybody else have any other ideas?

Thank you!

Michael R.

[Robert Roberson (robert-roberson11)]

Any luck on this I am seeing the same

[tsmolen (smolen)]

Just encountered the same problem. Fixed it by doing the following:

$ cd .config/evolution/
$ wcgrep Email
./<email address hidden>:28:Email=
$ vi ./<email address hidden> +28

Added my email address at line 28, saved changes, restarted evolution.

[Travis (tadieckmann)]

This is still a problem in Ubuntu 16.04:

Evolution: 3.18.5.2-0ubuntu3.1
evolution-ews: 3.18.5-1

The above mentioned "Email=" parameter in .config/evolution/sources/<>.source is populated with the correct email address.