Bug 753383

Summary: I'm prompted for password of Evolution Notes, Tasks, etc.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Arnold Wang <arnold.x.wang>
Component: evolution-mapiAssignee: Matthew Barnes <mbarnes>
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Arnold Wang 2011-11-12 07:01:36 UTC 
Description of problem:
I access company's Exchange 2007 server via evolution-mapi. Since I work from home primarily, I need establish the VPN first before I can connect to the exchange server. The problem is when I'm offline, I will be kept prompted for the passwords for Evolution Notes, Tasks, etc. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 16
Gnome 3.2(?) comes with Fedora 16
evolution-mapi-3.2.1-1.fc16.x86_64
evolution-NetworkManager-3.2.1-2.fc16.x86_64
evolution-3.2.1-2.fc16.x86_64
evolution-help-3.2.1-2.fc16.noarch
evolution-data-server-3.2.1-1.fc16.x86_64


How reproducible:
Log in to the system without establish the VPN which is required to connect to the Exchange server.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure the Evolution to connect to the Exchange server.
2. Log into the system without establish the VPN
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Actual results:
I'm kept prompted for the password for the Evolution Notes, Tasks, etc.

Expected results:
Either I won't be prompted at all, system make an intelligent decision when detects there is connectivity issue to the Exchange server, or at least be offered the choice to stay "offline mode" so I'm only prompted once. 

Additional info:
A screen shot of the prompt is attached.
Comment 1 Arnold Wang 2011-11-12 07:02:56 UTC 
Created attachment 533211 [details]
screen shot of the annoying prompt.
Comment 2 Milan Crha 2011-11-14 09:09:06 UTC 
Thanks for a bug report. I confirm this, and I agree it's pretty annoying. I noted this on the mailing list too [1]. I'm moving this upstream [2], into evolution for now, but I expect more changes will be needed to have this working properly, because this password asking is from evolution-alarm-notify process, which should not ask for Tasks and Memos at all. Feel free to CC there yourself, as any further updates will be done there.

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-hackers/2011-October/msg00022.html
[2] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664016