Re: [Evolution] disconnected IMAP

[Eamonn Hamilton <eamonn hamilton saic com>]

Hi Dan. 

I've tried the operation  is disconnected mode, and I can confirm that
it works - sort of. 

When you start evo with no network on the system ( I ejected my network
card from the laptop ), evo complains about not being able to find the
IMAP server. I clear the dialogues, and then tell it to go disconnected.
All is fine, I see the headers but no message bodies even if I accessed
them the last time. Oh well. I then insert my network card, and let the
network establish. I then tell evo to go connected, at which point it
tells me that my password is incorrect for the server. I the  get
presented with a password dialogue, which I put my password into, but I
then get a dialogue whch tells me " 
Error while 'Opening store
imap://domain%2Fusername server/;filter;use_lsub;check_all': 
IMAP command failed: Mailbox name is invalid." 

I then exit evo, enter it again and it downloads all of my header
summary information again, which with 2700+ emails wouldn't be too much
fun over a dialup. My username and password information is definitely
correct, so something odd is going on ... 

Hope this helps, 
Eamonn 



On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 13:28, Dan Winship wrote: 
> > I've  a couple of questions regarding IMAP operation with RC1 of
> > evolution as provided in Debian unstable. Is it possible to start
> > evolution in disconnected mode
>
> No, but you can just click the disconnect button or choose "work
> offline" from the menu right after you start. If it's in the process of
> trying to connect to your IMAP server at that point, it will stop and
> let you use it disconnected. (For old-timers who are wondering, this was
> added around 0.16 or so.)
>
> > Also, is it possible to view the calendar folder offered by Exchange via
> > IMAP as a calendar?
>
> It's not possible in Evolution as it exists. You could hack things up to
> make it sort-of-doable. But it wouldn't be trivial. First off, the mail
> component doesn't know how to create calendar views, so the data would
> have to be shuttled back and forth between the mailer and calendar,
> which would require some new CORBA interfaces or something. Second, you
> can't search/sort the folder in calendar-relevant ways, so it would have
> to download every message and work with them locally. Third, it would be
> read only, since if you append new messages to the folder, they don't
> get the right MAPI magic assigned to them, so to Outlook/Exchange, they
> just look like email messages containing appointment info rather than
> actual appointments.
>
> -- Dan