Re: [Evolution] Offline IMAP support in Evolution ?

[HvR <hvrietsc myrealbox com>]

try offlineimap http://gopher.quux.org:70/devel/offlineimap works great but(t) a little pain to setup, once it works it does everything you want.

On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 10:52, John Locke wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 05:27, Daryl Manning wrote:
> > I just wanted to check as I don't have a copy of evolution handy, but 
> > one of the bug bears a lot of people here have had with working with 
> > Outlook 2000 is the IMAP offline mode, especially as we have so many 
> > laptop/mobile users.
> > 
> Wish I had better news for you, but I don't. Evolution isn't (yet) that
> great for offline IMAP.
>
> > I'm assuming Evolution 1.2.2 caches attachments as well as messages in 
> > IMAP offline mode.
>
> Evolution only downloads new messages in offline mode. It does download
> attachments--but you can't get to messages you've already read while
> offline--only new messages.
>
> Real bummer, because otherwise Evolution's IMAP support is great--I've
> found it way easier to use than Outlook, far more stable, and all around
> better--until you go offline.
> > 
> > Also, moving folders in offline mode is not supported in Outlook 2000 
> > which is a large pain for most of our people. Is it supported in 
> > Evolution 1.2.2 ?
> > 
> Nope. Or if it is, I haven't been able to get it to work.
>
> I'd love to be wrong--can anyone else provide more info on offline IMAP
> in Evolution? My impression is--it's under development for a future
> release.
>
> For now, when it's time to hit the road, I go back to Mozilla.
>
> Cheers,