evolution failed to append to mbox after upgrade

[seattle vic]

After my upgrade to 11.10, whenever I send mail from evolution I get the following message:

The reported error was "Failed to append to mbox:///home/vic/.local/share/evolution/mail/local#Sent: Invalid folder URI 'mbox:///home/vic/.local/share/evolution/mail/local#Sent'
Appending to local 'Sent' folder instead.".

The messages do get sent so this is just an annoyance. Any idea of how to point this to the right mailbox?

[ajira86]

Hello, I had the same problem and fix with Evolution FAQ :


Error message "Failed to append to..." after sending message
If the error message "Your message was sent, but an error occurred during post-processing. The reported error was "Failed to append to mbox:///home/user/.local/share/evolution/mail/local#Sent: Cannot get folder 'Sent': folder does not exist. Appending to local 'Sent' folder instead."." is shown, you can fix the problem by editing your default folder settings:
Edit > Preferences > Mail Accounts > Edit > Defaults > Folder for sent messages.
This bug is fixed in Evolution versions higher than 3.0.2 (stable series) and 3.1.3 (unstable development series). If this is not the case, please add a comment to the corresponding bug report (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638307).


Source : https://live.gnome.org/Evolution/FAQ

[rapiertg]

Thanks a lot for this. I was struggling with this since dist-upgrading to oneiric. The problem was that upgrade set it to some non existing folder/ none. Now it works.