Re: Evolution email (problem?)

From	Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Evolution email (problem?)
Date	2023-04-26 23:20 +0200
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On Wed, 2023-04-26 at 11:11 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> Can't explain it, but it strikes me it's almost certainly a
> permissions problem.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 11:06 AM Default User
> <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Strange . . . 
> > 
> > I run Debian 11 (Bullseye) Stable, up to date, Gnome 3 desktop
> > environment.
> > 
> > I recently set up Evolution email.  Works okay.  
> > 
> > Two days ago, I realized that it absolutely refuses to delete email
> > messages directly from the [Gmail]/All Mail folder of any email
> > account.  To delete a message in the All Mail folder, that is not
> > also
> > in another folder, the message must be moved into another folder
> > and
> > then deleted from there. 
> > 
> > I sure think I remember being able to delete directly from the All
> > Mail
> > folder when I first set up Evolution. 
> > 
> > I re-started Evolution.  No change.  
> > I re-booted. No change.
> > I did sudo aptitude reinstall evolution.  No Change.  
> > I moved ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/folders.db to Trash,
> > then
> > re-started Evolution to construct a new folders.db file. No
> > change.  
> > I did sudo aptitude purge evolution, then sudo aptitude install
> > Evolution.  No change.  
> > I moved ~/.local/share/evolution, ~/.cache/evolution, and
> > ~/.config/evolution to Trash, then did sudo aptitude purge
> > evolution,
> > then sudo aptitude install Evolution.  No change.  
> > I did some research online, seeking a solution, or at least a
> > "good"
> > explanation.  No solution or "good" answer was found.  
> > 
> > But . . .   then I booted into a Debian 11.6 Live/Install usb thumb
> > drive, and then installed Evolution into the Live session, upon
> > which
> > Evolution DID allow message deletion directly from the [Gmail]/All
> > Mail
> > folder!  
> > 
> > Back to my regular Debian 11 Stable install.  No change.
> > 
> > It makes no sense to me that it would work from a Debian 11
> > Live/Install session, but not (currently) from a regular Debian
> > session.
> > 
> > Even if it did not work from a Live Debian session, it makes no
> > sense
> > to me that Evolution could be designed this way.  I see no good
> > reason
> > that messages can be directly deleted from any other folder, but
> > not
> > [Gmail]/All Mail.  
> > 
> > Does anyone have a solution, so that messages must be moved to
> > another
> > folder (if they are not also there already), just to be deleted? 
> > Or at
> > least a "good" explanation as to why Evolution appears to be
> > designed
> > this way?  
> > 
> > 
> > 



Hi, Patrick.

I don't see anything obviously wrong about the permissions on my
computer.  Not surprising, since I rarely change any permissions, and
can't recall doing so where it might cause the condition in question.

But I don't know what exactly to look for.   
Perhaps a directory that has extra or inappropriate read-only
permission(s)?  

And I don't think that any permissions on my computer are involved,
since the email folders in question are not on my local computer, they
are on one or more Google server(s) elsewhere.  I am just accessing
them remotely, they are not downloaded to my computer.

Possibly interesting note: The [Gmail]/Important and [Gmail]/All Mail
folders both have listed in "folder properties"/"Labels" the Server Tag
"$Phishing".  No other folders do.  

But again, messages can be directly deleted from [Gmail]/Important
folders, but not from [Gmail]/All Mail folders.  So it probably doesn't
mean anything in the current context.  

Well, anyway, do other Debian Stable Evolution users experience this
problem?  

Or is it really "just me"?

Thread

Evolution email (problem?) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-04-26 17:10 +0200
  Re: Evolution email (problem?) Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@gmail.com> - 2023-04-26 17:20 +0200
    Re: Evolution email (problem?) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-04-26 23:20 +0200
  Re: Evolution email (problem?) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-04-27 04:30 +0200
    Re: Evolution email (problem?) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-04-27 16:40 +0200
      Re: Evolution email (problem?) Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-04-27 17:30 +0200
        Re: Evolution email (problem?) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-04-27 22:40 +0200
      Re: Evolution email (problem?) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-04-27 17:30 +0200
        Re: Evolution email (problem?) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-04-27 18:20 +0200
          Re: Evolution email (problem?) Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2023-04-27 18:30 +0200
            Re: Evolution email (problem?) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-04-27 22:00 +0200
          Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-04-28 19:10 +0200
            Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-04-30 17:30 +0200
              Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2023-04-30 19:30 +0200
                Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-04-30 20:50 +0200
                Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-05-01 01:40 +0200
                Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-05-01 00:30 +0200
                Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-05-01 00:40 +0200
                Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-05-01 06:00 +0200
                Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2023-05-01 08:40 +0200
                Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-01 13:30 +0200
                Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2023-05-01 14:50 +0200
                Re: Evolution email (problem?) (IMAP, Gmail, email compacting) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2023-05-01 15:00 +0200
  Re: Evolution email (problem?) Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2023-04-27 18:20 +0200
    Re: Evolution email (problem?) Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-04-27 22:50 +0200

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