Evolution Mail @ComputerName sub-directories

[MartinK]

I recently installed Fedora 17, clean install with the Gnome desktop. I gave my computer a fully qualified name, i.e. hostname.domainname.

I subsequently switched ISP. The new telco supplied their own ADSL modem, which does not permit a change to its local domain name (DNS search path). To conform with this new LAN I changed my computer setup to specify hostname only.

In the process of investigating another problem I have observed that in;

Home/.local/share/evolution/mail

are two subdirectories with names of the form 123456789@hostname, one matching the original fully qualified computer name and one with the new hostname only computer name. The directory contents are different but both directories continue to be updated simultaneously as Evolution is used.

This looks 'wrong' to me. Evolution setup under a different user account, since the hostname change, references the new computer name only.

Can anyone with knowledge of the inner workings of Evolution comment on why files relating to a no longer existing computer hostname are still being updated?

p.s. In my first post on the forum I forgot to say "Hello", so Hi everyone.

Regards,
Martin.

[MartinK]

A bit more info for any Evolutionaries who may pick up on this. In;

Home/.cache/evolution/mail/

only the old (original) hostname is used for sub-directory naming. This directory contains live data and continues to be updated, however.

To change hostname I used command, system-config-network, DNS Configuration.

I'm increasingly thinking Evolution does not handle a change of hostname cleanly, but doubt this will explain the operational problem described in thread 281674, which prompted my investigation.

Martin.

[MartinK]

I now realise what is happening with the @ComputerName sub-directories. Evolution accounts (e.g. POP, spool, IMAP) added after changing the computer hostname have files structures reflecting the new hostname. Pre-existing Evolution accounts continue to use directories named with the old hostname. Simple, when everything is working. Confusing, when starting out in a fault condition.

There is a mail issue with hostname, however. It concerns sendmail. When I changed my computer name setup from using a FQDN to a hostname only, I did so on the assumption that my new ADSL modem router, acting as a DHCP server, would supply clients with the LAN domain name as well as an IP address, DNS server, etc. It did. /etc/resolv.conf had correct values for "domain" and "search". Sendmail, however, did not pick up these values. Mails were shown as coming from user@localhost.localdomain, i.e. literaly "localhost.localdomain" instead of the actual computer and domain name. I know nothing about configuring sendmail so went back to a FQDN for my computer, adopting the domain name imposed on me by the Telco's gateway. Sendmail now correctly shows from which computer the mail comes.

One final anomaly. Changing hostname with system-config-network appends the new hostname to entries in /etc/hosts, the old hostname stays there too. I manually corrected it.

Regards,
Martin.