Re: [Evolution] Evolution and IMAP access

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 13:14, David (Demo Monkey) Simmons wrote:
> It appears that Evolution dies pretty regularly when any other process
> (such as a new-mail notifier) attempts to access the IMAP mailbox. This
> is causing me a great deal of greif this am, as I seem to have left a
> copy of Netscape Messenger running from home that periodically checks my
> email. Every time it does, Evolution's Mail client dies. :-( This does
> NOT affect me if I am using Netscape Messenger (which apparently closes,
> then re-opens the IMAP mailbox every time it tries an access). I wonder
> if this is a 'feature' or a bug that Evolution opens and holds the IMAP
> mailbox forever and dies when any other process accesses it...

I don't have this problem...I usually have 2 Evolution's open (one on my
laptop and one on my workstation) and am able to read mail on both fine
(they read from the same 2 imap accounts - one is Courier and one is
Cyrus).

Are you using UW by any chance?

> Another problem that I can't seem to get around is that the Summary only
> seems capable of listing the LOCAL inbox, not an IMAP inbox. Since I
> don't USE a local mailbox, the Summary information on the Inbox is not
> all that useful. Anyone know how (or if it is possible) to get around
> this?

We have not yet decided if this is a 1.0 goal.

Jeff