Re: [Evolution] Some errors to correct in evolution

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On 04 Feb 2001 08:00:49 +0100, Heinz-Josef Claes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using evolution from Jan 30 (self compiled) and found some errors
> (some of them
> exist for a long time):
>
> - Mail filtering does not work if the line contain german umlauts
>   (perhaps generally 8 bit characters). A sender like:
>
>   Jörg Backmann <joerg backmann xyz de>
>   is not handled correct with a filter on xyz.de. A mail from
>
>   Joerg Backmann <joerg backmann xyz de> is handled correct with the
>   same filter

Yea, I think someone else has mentioned this and I'll be looking into
it.

> - Send Later causes evolution to loop with 100% CPU, the mail is lost
>   after killing evolution.

Odd, this works for me.

> - The status box for incoming mail sometimes stops at some percent
>   <<100%. All the mail is read, and it works fine after finishing the
>   box with ok, but it's very misleading if the indicator is not
>   finishing.
>
> - I think, there is a problem with name servers and evolution if the
>   name servers are changing. I'm using a laptop and have different
>   mail accounts. I'm getting my mail since about 2 months via
>   fetchmail, because evolution was not stable enough. But I'm sending
>   my mail directly via smtp with evolution. The hostname resolution is
>   done via name server which I get via dhcp. So sometimes, when I'm
>   changing the network segment and the location where I am, different
>   smtp addresses are known, because they are only internal and not
>   visible (even from dns) from an outside location. Evolution is not
>   able to take this switch, I have to restart it. (BTW, fetchmail also
>   doesn't do the job.)

Not much we can do about this, we use the system libraries to resolve
hostnames so if it doesn't work then there's nothing we can do.

> - Now, there is a possibility of handling different mail accounts with
>   a flag for choosing a default one. That's nice. Is it possible to
>   have an additional flag for activating and deactivating a mail
>   account temporarily?

No, I'm not sure as of yet if there ever will be.

Jeff