[Evolution] Bug#795287: evolution-data-server: Cannot connect to gmail account any longer

[Simon McVittie]

On 10/09/15 16:33, Svante Signell wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 14:55 +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
>> Removing that account in preferences and setting it up again does not
>> feel nice, even if the gmail account is using IMAP. I'm inclined to
>> reopen this serious bug. Or maybe its time to switch to another MUA?
> 
> FYI: I did create a new account for the gmail address and checked if it
> was OK: It was :) Then I could happily remove the old account and rename
> the new to the old name. All is fine for now.

If upstream could fix existing accounts that had already suffered from
this bug, they would probably have done so in the version that fixed the
bug; the fact that they didn't do this suggests that it may be impossible.

My understanding is that 3.16.3 had a data-loss bug for GMail accounts,
which led to internal data needed by the stored account being
incomplete, hence the affected account was unusable even after
upgrading. We don't have a time machine, so we can't retroactively fix
3.16.3.

    S