[Bug 82151] Major problems with Exchange integration.

[Clifford Gindulis]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: evolution

Yikes, where to start with this one?

I'm running Feisty H2 and Evolution 2.9.6 on this laptop. At install
time I was able to successfully install and configure Evolution to work
with Exchange.

Over the past couple of weeks Evolution has gotten increasingly "cranky"
working against our internal Exchange 2003 server.

It started with a sudden flurry of error messages about the back-end
process shutting down, then it progressed to not being able to access
the Global Catalog, then I had to type my password in every time I
accessed an Exchange resource, then it couldn't access the calender, and
finally this morning it stopped accessing email.

My Evolution 2.8.1 install on the Edgy computer next to me is working
just fine so I susptect it's not my configuration or my Exchange server.

I tried deleting the Exchange account and re-creating it but the setup
would never again give me the server address field. Without being able
to tell it what server to access recreating an account obviously did not
work.

Anyway, to try and "fix" the issue(s) I did an apt-get remove evolution
evolution-data-server evolution-common evolution-exchange evolution-
plugins , deleted my .evolution folder from $home and rebooted.

Then I did an apt-get install evolution evolution-common evolution-data-
server evolution-exchange evolution-plugins , rebooted, and launched
Evolution.

Not only did this not fix anything, Evolution also retained all the
settings from my previous two accounts and still would not give me a
server field to tell it where my Exchange server was!

I'll go a-googling for answers on how to *completely* remove Evolution
so I can try another re-install but right now I see some serious
problems.

1) Why did Evolution start having problems when nothing in it's
configuration had changed? Obviously one of the updates busted it, but
which one and why?

2) Why does deleting an "Exchange" account not remove it's settings from
whatever config file they are stored in?

3) Why, when recreating an "Exchange" account, are you not presented with the Exchange 
Server address field?

4) Why does doing a complete uninstall of Evolution not remove *all* of
it's configuration files and settings?

** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: evolution
  
  Yikes, where to start with this one?
  
  I'm running Feisty H2 and Evolution 2.9.6 on this laptop. At install
  time I was able to successfully install and configure Evolution to work
  with Exchange.
  
  Over the past couple of weeks Evolution has gotten increasingly "cranky"
  working against our internal Exchange 2003 server.
  
  It started with a sudden flurry of error messages about the back-end
  process shutting down, then it progressed to not being able to access
  the Global Catalog, then I had to type my password in every time I
  accessed an Exchange resource, then it couldn't access the calender, and
  finally this morning it stopped accessing email.
  
  My Evolution 2.8.1 install on the Edgy computer next to me is working
- just fine so I know it's not my configuration or my Exchange server.
+ just fine so I susptect it's not my configuration or my Exchange server.
  
  I tried deleting the Exchange account and re-creating it but the setup
  would never again give me the server address field. Without being able
  to tell it what server to access recreating an account obviously did not
  work.
  
  Anyway, to try and "fix" the issue(s) I did an apt-get remove evolution
  evolution-data-server evolution-common evolution-exchange evolution-
  plugins , deleted my .evolution folder from $home and rebooted.
  
  Then I did an apt-get install evolution evolution-common evolution-data-
  server evolution-exchange evolution-plugins , rebooted, and launched
  Evolution.
  
  Not only did this not fix anything, Evolution also retained all the
  settings from my previous two accounts and still would not give me a
  server field to tell it where my Exchange server was!
  
  I'll go a-googling for answers on how to *completely* remove Evolution
  so I can try another re-install but right now I see some serious
  problems.
  
  1) Why did Evolution start having problems when nothing in it's
  configuration had changed? Obviously one of the updates busted it, but
  which one and why?
  
  2) Why does deleting an "Exchange" account not remove it's settings from
  whatever config file they are stored in?
  
  3) Why, when recreating an "Exchange" account, are you not presented with the Exchange 
  Server address field?
  
  4) Why does doing a complete uninstall of Evolution not remove *all* of
  it's configuration files and settings?

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Major problems with Exchange integration.
https://launchpad.net/bugs/82151