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send/recieve mail button dim & non-functional. re-start no good

Asked by John Petersen

Binary package hint: evolution

v. 9.04, currently up-to-date, send/receive button greyed out, non-functional. trash empties, all other seem to work, but cannot send or receive. DSL internet connection good.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
Package: evolution 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evolution
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686

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John Petersen (olddogv) said : 		#1
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) said : 		#2

you probably are in the offline mode in evolution

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Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#3

Sebastien Bacher is likely correct. To get out of Offline Mode you can open evolution and goto File->Work Online (it should be near the bottom of the file menu).

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John Petersen (olddogv) said : 		#4

The solution was correct, don't know how it got changed, but power & DSL
both were intermittent the previous day. Easy fix, thanks to all you
guys. I had not thought of that , had not seen that option. Why would
anyone run mail client off-line? Thank you all,
          Pete
Steven Danna wrote:
> Your question #75081 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/75081
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Steven Danna proposed the following answer:
> Sebastien Bacher is likely correct. To get out of Offline Mode you can
> open evolution and goto File->Work Online (it should be near the bottom
> of the file menu).
>
>

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Best Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#5

Glad to hear your problem got fixed! If you get a chance could you mark
this question as solved? It helps us keep track of who still needs help
and who doesn't.

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John Petersen (olddogv) said : 		#6

Thanks Steven Danna, that solved my question.

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Ian@easycoms.co.za (ian-easycoms) said : 		#7

I have same problem - only I am online and SEND & RECEIVE remain in dims

all settings seem fine

connection fine

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John Petersen (olddogv) said : 		#8

<email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #75081 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/75081
>
> <email address hidden> posted a new comment:
> I have same problem - only I am online and SEND & RECEIVE remain in dims
>
> all settings seem fine
>
> connection fine
>
>
 *In my case, settings got changed to "work off-line", when changed to
on-line all was well. suspect in my case may have been to combo of power
fluctuations and/or poor connection, which occurred simultaneously.
Correct at file, dropdown to work off-line, set back to work on-line. *

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Ian@easycoms.co.za (ian-easycoms) said : 		#9

This was Resolved once Ubuntu ran and installed updates

Thank You

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Ian@easycoms.co.za (ian-easycoms) said : 		#10

To Steve Danna
as newby, I looked around but cannot see where to
"mark this question as solved"
pls point or mark for me as answered
Thank you