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Old 07-07-2008, 07:56 AM
zappa
 
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Re: Evolution can't send or receive

J.O. Aho wrote:
> 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).
>
>

Check that you have not clicked the offline button in the menu.
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