Feature #6263

Make it easy to make a POP3 account persistent when creating it outside the Claws wizard

Added by intrigeri 2013-09-08 08:11:42 . Updated 2015-08-25 12:07:27 .

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
Category:
Persistence
Target version:
Start date:
2013-09-08
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Email Client
Deliverable for:

Description

When creating a POP3 account in Claws Mail outside of the wizard (e.g. if that’s the 2nd email account being created), one has to select a location to store the email locally. The default location is outside of ~/.claws-mail/, so it’s not persistent.

Subtasks

Bug #6264: Test persistence of POP3 account created by Claws Mail wizard Resolved

100
Bug #6265: Test persistence of POP3 account created outside of the Claws Mail wizard Resolved

0

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #9159: Test that the persistence bug of Claws is documented correctly Resolved 2015-04-06

History

#1 Updated by Libera 2013-09-08 08:36:39

Found the cause and the fix for the problem. When you create a new inbox using Claws Mail (File -> Add mailbox) it asks you for a location input. You have to enter Persistent/[NAME] instead of just [NAME]. To copy your old files you have to copy the old folder into the Persistent volume and then create a new mailbox usign Clas Mail (when you enter the right location it will scan and detect the files).

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2013-09-08 08:54:47

  • Subject changed from Some POP3 accounts have their data stored outside of configured persistent path to Hard to make a POP3 account persistent when creating it outside the Claws wizard
  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2013-09-08 09:16:01

  • Type of work changed from Code to Documentation

The easiest is probably to add a line to the email persistence settings doc that makes it clear what to choose when Claws asks for a path. Calling this a low-priority doc issue, then.

#4 Updated by mercedes508 2013-09-15 08:26:10

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
  • Assignee set to sajolida
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA
  • Feature Branch set to doc/explain_path_for_claws_mail_persistent

A draft of modified wiki/src/doc/first_steps/persistence/configure.mdwn is pending for review here:

commit 8753c588, doc/explain_path_for_claws_mail_persistent branch, mercedes508 repo.

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2013-10-03 06:24:15

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
  • Subject changed from Hard to make a POP3 account persistent when creating it outside the Claws wizard to Make it easy to make a POP3 account persistent when creating it outside the Claws wizard

#6 Updated by sajolida 2013-10-14 08:02:49

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

#7 Updated by sajolida 2013-11-02 06:36:42

  • Status changed from Resolved to Confirmed
  • QA Check deleted (Pass)
  • Type of work changed from Documentation to Discuss

The documentation fix that was proposed is too simplistic. Only doing what is described doesn’t work. The issue is more complex since you need to add a new mailbox, for sure, but also the configure the account to use it, possibly delete the default one, download the emails again, etc. Some users reported having troubles following it, and actually me too.

I’m not sure that providing documentation for that is the way to go.

I couldn’t find a way of changing the default mail directory from $HOME/Mail to $HOME/.claws-mail/Mail. But why not make the $HOME/Mail folder permanent as part of the Claws Mail persistent feature?

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-11 13:36:12

  • Type of work changed from Discuss to Code

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-11 13:37:11

sajolida wrote:
> But why not make the $HOME/Mail folder permanent as part of the Claws Mail persistent feature?

This seems to be the way to go. Not doable with current t-p-s, though.

#10 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-11 13:37:33

  • Feature Branch deleted (doc/explain_path_for_claws_mail_persistent)

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-12 13:42:16

  • Category set to Persistence

#12 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-05 16:30:19

  • Affected tool set to Email Client

#13 Updated by sajolida 2015-04-30 07:09:49

  • related to Feature #9159: Test that the persistence bug of Claws is documented correctly added

#14 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-25 12:06:52

  • blocks deleted (Feature #6485: Support multiple persistent paths per preset in the persistent volume assistant)

#15 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-25 12:07:27

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Rejected

We won’t work on that before switching to Icedove -> rejecting