Re: [Evolution] IMAP issues with Evolution 1.4: use offlineimap!!!

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 03:58, HvR wrote:
> not to harp on this, but the evolution imap support is not that
> good..i gave up a couple off months ago and switched to offlineimap 

we know :(

> (http://gopher.quux.org:70/devel/offlineimap/), it does imap real well
> and turns the imap emails into md folders which evo can read real
> well! So no loss of functionality and on top of that offline email
> reading (yes including attachments which evo seems to forget all the
> time). 
>
> Also sending is much faster using md folders: with over 15,000 emails
> in my Sent folder using IMAP under evo means minutes of scanning time
> each time i send an email (yes i know it is the imap protocol fault
> not evo's). With md folder it is local so instantaneous.

Its more evo's fault than the imap protocol actually :)