Re: [Evolution] Various issues w/ Evolution

[Brian Lalor <blalor hcirisc cs binghamton edu>]

On 24 Feb 2001 04:27:17 +1030, Not Zed wrote:
> Since you didn't say what version you're using so this reply might not
> make total sense.


Oops, sorry.  The title bar shows "Evolution 0.8
[+cvs.2001.02.16.08.55]", but when I wrote the previous message, it was
the snapshot from January 30th or so.  Red-carpet's dishing out an old
snapshot.
 

> On 23 Feb 2001 09:56:49 -0700, Brian Lalor wrote:
> > 1. Folder message counts not getting updated properly
> >     I don't know how the new message counts get updated when the mail
> > store's IMAP, but it seems to me that they're not being updated as
> > quickly as they should be.
>
>
> "quickly as they should be" makes little sense with a remote store,
> things dont happen instantly.
>
> Anyway I believe the behaviour of this is better right now (i have no
> problems wiht it).

My connection is particularly slow;  I do see the latency issues more, I
guess.


> > 2. When I delete a message that's being viewed in the preview pane and
> > then expunge the folder, the message stays in the preview pane.
>
>
> This is probably fixed too.

Yep; sorry for the old bug report.


> > 3. how do I get rid of the "--" that's put in before my .sig?
>
>
> You generally dont want to, as its a visual indicator and used by some
> mailers to detect sigs.


Let's say for the sake of argument that I really do; will that be an
option?  I've already got a row of dashes for my .sig and have for a
number of years.

> > 4.  How do I get rid of the formatting toolbar in the composer window?
> > I don't compose HTML email, and I can't seem to get rid of the toolbar
> > and my composed messages are not appearing to be plain text.
>
>
> Dont think you can.

Will that be an option in the future?


> > 11. Reply/Reply to All doesn't work properly; I've got a message where
> > Reply-To, Sender and To are all SV650-L lists hawkgt com and the From is
> > user isp com   When I hit Reply, a message comes up with SV650-L     in
> > the To; when I hit Reply to All, SV650-L     comes up in both the To and
> > CC fields.  user isp com never shows up in a recipient field.
>
>
> Sender is used in preference to From for replying to mail.

Understand, but this brings up the old Reply-To in mailing lists issue.
What's the right way to do it?

B

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