[23689] in Athena Bugs
linux 9.2.15: evolution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Samuel H Kendig)
Wed Aug 20 16:58:12 2003
Message-Id: <200308202058.h7KKwBlL017732@grobda.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:58:11 -0400
From: Samuel H Kendig <skendig@MIT.EDU>
System name: grobda.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 9.2.15 (with mkserv)
Display type: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c)
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: sawfish
What were you trying to do?
I saw that there was now an option in evolution for encrypting with SSL (in previous releases of Athena, this was specifically not built). I decided I liked the security, so I encrypted with SSL.
What's wrong:
When I saved the settings to encrypt with SSL, evolution segfaulted. It then proceeded to segfault every time I tried to run it. The only solution I could find was to use gconf-editor to delete the entry 'use_ssl=always' from my configuration file. The entry itself was not the simplest to understand, as it seemed like an entire XML file in place of a single string (it would be simpler to have many individual strings instead of one long convoluted one).
What should have happened:
Either SSL should be built into Evolution (optimal), or the option to use it should be turned off again (easiest). Either way, it should not be possible to simply select a setting that will cause a program to cease to function permanently unless you manually edit a file that is barely readable.
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