Re: [Evolution] export mail from Evolution

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

The best way to get crashes fixed is to file bugs with stack traces. 
For details, see http://support.ximian.com/q?65 and note that the name
of the addressbook component is "evolution-addressbook".

-Mark Gordon

On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 12:50, Panos Tsapralis wrote:
> My setup is as follows:
>
> * GNOME or KDE (I have never used it in WindowMaker),
> * No virtual folders - around 30 filters,
> * 7 POP accounts - no IMAP,
> * Version 1.2.4,
> * Red Hat Linux 8.0 (completely updated).
>
> I believe that this is a fairly "healthy" setup. BTW, I trust my OS very 
> much (with regards to stability & reliability), since it handles on a 
> daily basis without any problems a mostly demanding piece of business 
> software (SAP-R/3). This is a "clean" box: only necessary and stable 
> versions of software are loaded and no beta or otherwise suspicious 
> software gets installed / uninstalled.
>
> Yet, Evolution crashes on my face on a nearly daily basis (especially 
> its addressbook, as I said in my other message. Reading the messages in 
> this list, I understand that crashing is not unusual.
>
> I really like this program and I have not yet finally decided to drop 
> it. Anyway, I'm gonna think a bit more about it...
>
> Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> > I have been using Evolution now for about 4-6 months -- on a 75 Mhz
> > Pentium with only 48 MB Ram -- and I am getting fewer than 6 crashes
> > since I started using it.  While I wouldn't recommend this setup for
> > speed, there is an indication that somebody with more power is doing
> > something wrong.  Not Evolution itself.  Here is my setup:
> >       * Using Window Maker, never Gnome and rarely KDE;
> >       * Don't using Calendar or Task; I use it as an MUA -- mail and
> >         addressbook;
> >       * Summary is configured with a fair amount of stuff, but I rarely
> >         view it.
> >       * About 35 vfolder filters
> >       * POP, not IMAP
> >       * Spamassassin 2.5 running through an Evolution filter
> >       * I update when there is a stable release; I never load an
> >         acknowleged beta.
> >
> > I hope this helps some of you with crash problems diagnose.
> >
> > Art
> >
> > On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 10:27, Panos Platon Tsapralis wrote:
> >
> > > What about the contacts? Any ideas on how to export from Evolution?
> > >
> > > (I, also, am quietly leaving Evolution for Mozilla: I really love this
> > > program, but I can't afford the daily crashes of its addressbook - that
> > > always happen on the worst moment...).
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 10:28, Eric Lambart wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well if you've got Evolution storing its mail in the "old standard" mbox
> > > > format, all you have to do is move these files to the place old Mozzie
> > > > expects to find 'em.  But anyway, this sounds like a good question for
> > > > the Mozilla mailing list to me, don't you think? ;-)
> > > >
> > > > HTH
> > > > Eric
> > > > -Using Evo for almost two years, and thinking it just keeps getting
> > > > better and better...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 23:40, Ivaylo Toshev wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Predrag Lezaic wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Sorry, I forgot to change the subject in last mail.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Does anyone know how to export mail from Evolution for use with 
> > > > > > Mozilla mail
> > > > > > or Netscape Mail?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Predrag
> > > > >
> > > > > I need this answer too ! I recently decide to switch from Evo to Mozilla 
> > > > > Mail, so i need a technics to import mail from Evo to Mozilla Mail.
> > > > >
> > > > > I abandon the Evo tottaly ! I used it for 1,5 years and it was bigger 
> > > > > and buggy and becomes more bigger and more buggy, memory hungry, 
> > > > > crashes, loses my mail. Calendaring works just 2 months for these time. 
> > > > > IMAP handling is just nightmare ! Connector stuff with Exchange  - too. 
> > > > > Internationalization is pure ( espessaly encodings handling in different 
> > > > > levels), and many more...