Re: [Evolution] help with IMAP

[HvR <hvrietsc myrealbox com>]

i gave up trying to use evolution with IMAP it just wont work right, it
is slow and will not allow me to read email offline. instead i now use
offlineimap http://gopher.quux.org:70/devel/offlineimap its a dream come
true, try it you will like it.


On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 16:39, James D. Ivey wrote:
> See comments in line....
>
> On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 19:40, Jack Veenstra wrote:
>
> > I am running the latest version that red-carpet installed for me:
> > version 1.2.2 (the same as yours).  I just installed RedHat 8.0
> > last week and that's when I started using Evolution.  (Previously,
> > I used "vm" in xemacs.)  But I've never used IMAP to fetch mail.
> >
> > > Second, you didn't say whether you told evo that the server was an
> > > IMAP server.  I assume that, under mail settings, you set the server
> > > type to "IMAP."  
> >
> > To be precise, here's what I did:
> >
> > Under Tools -> Settings, I click on my one mail account and click
> > on Edit.  Then under the "Receiving Mail" tab, I select "IMAP"
> > from the "Server Type" menu, and fill in the Host (po.sandcraft.com)
> > and my Username (veenstra).  SSL is not used and the Authentication
> > type is "Password".  After making these changes, I exit Evolution,
> > run "killev" and restart Evolution.  It asks for my password when
> > it tries to fetch my mail and I give it my password.
> I'm with you up to here.  Except I'm not sure I exited and ran
> killev.  I think the accounts just came up, but then it was a while
> ago and I don't remember.  Anyway, I don't see anything unusual here. 
> > Then, at the bottom of the main Evolution window, in the status bar,
> > it displays:
> >
> > Scanning folders in "IMAP server po.sandcraft.com" (...)
> I get that (different server though), but it flashes so briefly that
> it's hard to read. 
> > There is also a popup titled "Send & Receive Mail" that remains
> > around forever.  It contains two progress bars, one for receiving
> > mail and one for sending mail.
> I only get that when I click the Send/Receive button.  I think it's
> odd that it pops up at startup. 
> > At this point, evolution is hung.  I can click on the "Cancel All"
> > button on the popup ("Send and Receive Mail") but it doesn't go away.
> > I have to kill evolution from a Unix shell.
> Everything here and below is beyond me.   
> > If I then try to restart Evolution without first running "killev" it
> > will immediately hang again (while displaying the intial popup "Ximian
> > Evolution"). I have to run "killev" first and then "evolution" again in
> > order to bring it up to the point where I can reset the settings to tell
> > it not to use IMAP.
> >
> > Once, even after "killev", the "oafd" daemon continued to run (using
> > 100% of the cpu) and prevented me from restarting "evolution" (Evolution
> > would hang every time I tried to restart it).
> >
> > I wish there was a way to see what it is waiting for when it is hung.
> > I wonder if there is any way to turn on extra debugging messages.
> >
> > Jack V.
> Sorry I couldn't help more.  Good luck!
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim
>
> P.S.  Ooops!  This was ready to send before the weekend and I just
> left it here.... my apologies. 
>
> -- 
>
> James D. Ivey <james iveylaw com>
>
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