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Old 07-07-2008, 06:10 AM
J.O. Aho
 
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Re: Evolution can't send or receive

Rob Simpson wrote:
> Running Ubuntu 8.04 with Evolution 2.22.2. Last friday my pc froze, so I
> ctrl-alt-backspace and logged in again. From then onwards the send/receive
> button in Evolution is blank, i.e. the text on the button is very pale and
> clicking it does nothing. Composing an email and sending leaves the email
> sitting in the outbox.
>
> I've tried removing and re-installing Evolution via Synaptic, but no luck.


There hasn't happen anything with the evolution binaries or default
settings, so re-installing will not do any difference.


> Any suggestions, besides using another email client?


Look for where evolution stores it's files in your home directory
(hidden files), one of those files has most likely been damaged,
removing the file will solve your problem (which file to remove I don't
know).


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//Aho
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