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I wanted to save some Emails with all the formatting, images, and attachments, just as they appear in Evolution. I know I can 'File > Back up Evolution Data...' but I want it so I don't have to connect to the internet (IMAP server).

I've tried following the advice here: https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/mail-save-as-pdf.html.en

But when I click on the file name to select the destination, I can't go past the Username directory. What's even more absurd is that I can't find the .PDF anywhere in the Terminal!

I also tried entering the code:

gsettings set org.gnome.evolution.mail drag-and-drop-save-file-format 'pdf'

I just get the message No such schema “org.gnome.evolution.mail”

Evolution was installed as flatpak through the Fedora Software Center.

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  • Hmmm, sounds like you're printing dialog has restricted access to your data. This doesn't happen to be running as a Snap or similar? (If you don't know, please tell us what distribution you're on and how you installed evolution) Commented Feb 20, 2023 at 6:00
  • And making a backup is better than printing emails to PDFs: the printout will just show a printed version of the email, and only the preview (if any) of the attachment. A proper backup will actually contain the original, offline! Commented Feb 20, 2023 at 6:02
  • files.catbox.moe/q0o4fd.png Here is an image of the Software Manager. As you can see, it's 'registry.fedoraproject.org' Commented Feb 20, 2023 at 14:43
  • ah, flatpak, not a snap. Anyways, I don't really see why it makes sense to install something that is supposed to integrate so tightly into your user session manager as evolution via a flatpak. Instead of the "FLATPAK", install the "RPM" version. Does that help? (PS: obviously, make a backup of the evolution data before you do that!) Commented Feb 20, 2023 at 14:49
  • Yea, that fixed it. Thank you. Commented Feb 20, 2023 at 15:05

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For some reason it seems printing from a flatpak-containerized application doesn't seem to work with the appropriate privileges.

The easiest solution is to install the native (RPM) version of evolution instead.

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Use this to open up a shell within the flatpak environment.

flatpak run --command=sh org.gnome.Evolution

then run your gsettings command.

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