On Wed, 2025-03-05 at 01:51 +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > On my Debian 12 desktop, I installed Evolution, primarily for easy > access to HTML messages. Also, it gives me a second mail address. > > Several days ago, Evolution began causing a "Mail Authentication > Request" popup which prevents me from downloading new messages. The > likely impetus for the trouble is migration of my hosting account to > another server at HostGator. > > I have found no by searching with google. > > If I remove Evolution, the loss should be no more than a couple dozen > messages. Is it possible to access my present account with a fresh > installation of Evolution? What is the proper course of action?
Hi.. I read the other responses, but am still not sure if this fits what's being asked. Have you found where you can backup your messages manually if your question means you're worried about losing some of your local mail activity? I use Evolution because it helps my emails try to follow standards for list communications. That means I do realize that we use it to access emails online and then leave them there. We also have the ability to have locally stored folders that don't show up within the web-based provider's interface. That said and if you haven't found it yet, we can backup all our (only local?) activity by clicking the now classic "hamburger" button for settings. The button's on the top right for me. After clicking it, you hover over "File" then choose the backup option. As I tried to say, I'm not sure if that's what you mean about accessing an account after a reinstallation, meaning concerns that purging Evolution will also purge all that private, priceless data created by Evolution. The two important storage locations that I just reacquainted with are: ~/.config/evolution. /home/user/.local/share/evolution If ~/Mail is present, mine does not seem to have anything current that would indicate it interacting with Evolution. That's telling me that another package created that now basically abandoned location years ago. Based on personal purging experience, those two Evolution config and data storage locations stayed in place when I removed Evolution for some forgotten reason. Their data was still safely in place when I finally reinstalled Evolution a few months ago. PHEW! Thank you, Developers and Maintainers! That would have been a devastating loss had they been purged, too. :) Just thinking out loud, I guess. :) PS For those Users looking for places where hard drive is quietly eaten up, that .local location has "several" gigabytes of space being used for my own Evolution instance. Cindy :) -- Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed! *
