I have issue with Modest client. It quits while launching it. I have tried to reinstall/reboot with no success. Are there any error logs that would be helpful?

I have previously had Modest up and running without any problems.

Thanks in advance!

I had the same problem. To solve the problem I did the following:

1. I disconnect from internet (Off-line mode)
2. started Modest (it could run)
3. delected the gMail connection in Modest

I found the problem by starting modest from xterm. It gave me an error when modest tried to connect to gmail account. I did not have any problem with my Yahoo account.

I did not yet try to connect to gmail account from modest

I hope this works for you.

Yes thanks for your input. I had a regular imap account defined there, after deleting it, Modest could run. But after defining the account again and connecting to the net, it will crash again.

same situation as above - IMAP account - no gmail

recently upgraded OS to 2.2007.50.2 and there was an update for Modest which is what I believe causes this crash.

No email accounts defied and it still crashes on startup- EDIT - There was one email account and when deleted it does not crash. Strange.

SECOND EDIT- as first email I entered info for a pop3 account and it did not crash. Enter IMAP as second accout and it crashes - bugzilla time.

N810

bump for advice

Sems it is the username that is causing the crash.

My username is my e-mail address - bob@pugfam.net
apparently modest does not like the @ - if I leave it out it does not crash but I can't get my email.

any suggestions/alternatives

Sorry, no. I have two POP3 accounts with "@" in the usernames, and I can tell you they've worked fine for me in Modest in the past. I haven't tested them with the current version of Modest, but I'll try to do that tomorrow. I know, it's POP3, not IMAP, but maybe it'll be of some help.

The POP3 account that trips up Modest for me doesn't use an "@" in the username. If I configure the account as non-SSL POP3, Modest spends time talking to the server, but never gets any mail. If I configure the account for SSL POP3, Modest dies as soon as it tries to retreive messages.

If there's a logging option, I haven't found it, and the Modest users' mailing list seems to have near zero users. I do have the core dumps, but I think I'd need scratchbox and a debugger (plus some clue what I'm doing) to get anywhere with them.

Until then, I'm using Claws-mail.

There is a new version of Modest out: 1.0-2008.03-1. I upgraded to it and it crashes for me instantly. If I start it disconnected from the internet, it comes up, but as soon as I connect to the internet it crashes. I have both a POP3 and an IMAP account defined. It crashed with the previous update, too. This new one is no better.

I am having the same issue. My username is my full e-mail address. It will not load (while online) with the @ in my username.

How do we go about reporting this issue to Modest? I hope they come out with a fix for it.

Thanks,
Ron

Modest daemon sometime doesn't crash but don't respond ...

just kill it ...

in xterm :
killall modest

As of today 1/19/2008 there is a new version of modest out that seems to run fine now. The crashing problem I was experiencing is gone. Seems to work pretty well now! thanks!