Re: [orca-list] Evolution Nearly Unusable on my System

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
evolution can be used, but sometimes it seems to be possible to mess it
up quite a bit and make it unresponsive.

I previously had a problem on my system where evolution may lock up (to
the point that when pressing alt-f4 a message about evolution is not
responding  and whether I wish to wait or force a exit would appear) on
a regular basis when I tried to write an email (either by creating a new
message or replying). I never tracked down this problem, nor did it show
itself on my laptop, and it has gone since I upgraded to gnome 2.22.0.
Other than that, when it works it seems to work well. I use it with imap
and have no problems, although if you are OK using mutt it may be
better.

Michael Whapples
On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 12:21 +0200, Hermann wrote:
> am So 30. Mär 2008 um 11:49:22 schrieb Steve Holmes <steve holmesgrown com>:
> > I want to add that the major stability problems with Evolution and
> > Orca seem to be better if I stick to local spool and folders. Ass soon
> > as I get prompted for passwords or anything, that's when it completely
> > falls appart.  I lose speech and all.  I noticed that sometimes I can
> > do the alt-f2 and restart Orca but other times that doesn't do it
> > either.  I use IMAP for all my e-mail needs so if IMAP doesn't work
> > right with Evolution, then I'll have to stay with mutt.  From what
> > I've seen otherwise, I like Evolution and want to give it go where
> > possible.  I wonder how good the calendar works from an a11y
> > stand-point.
>  
> Evolution is fairly accessible, so I don't know what's wrong in your case. It can handle IMAP folders - have tried it 
> myself.
> Did you succeed in setting up your mail accounts? Did you choose an external SMTP server, you write something about 
> local spool folders. I think Evolution can handle this setting too, but I'm not familiar with this. You should be
> prompted only once for your password, provided you set your account up that way.
> When Evolution starts correctly, you should adjust some settings in the view menu, but that's the next point.
> Hermann
>