@gijskerkhoven : I have had the same issue since I changed my username and homedir from olduser with homedir /home/olduser to newuser with homedir /home/newuser
I have found a workaround: in non graphical mode: sed -i 's/\/home\/olduser/\home\/newuser/g' ~/.gconf/apps/evolution/mail/%gconf.xml see http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-fixing-evolution-after-home-directory- changed-failed-to-append-to-mbox for more details -- Error: failed to move message to mbox: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201526 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs