Re: [Evolution] Fw: Evolution refuses to work =(

[Andre Costa <acosta ar microlink com br>]

Hi Jeff, thks for replying.

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 09:58:12 -0400
Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com> wrote:

> As you discovered, her POP server is braindamaged (that's a technical
> term). 

Right, my bad -- I guess _I_ was braindamaged too ;)

> Luckily, we have a checkbox for braindamaged POP servers which
> we gave a politically correct name: "Disable support for all POP3
> extensions"
>
> You can find this option in the account editor under the "Receiving
> Options" tab (you have to be running a fairly current 1.4 release tho,
> 1.4.6 definitely has it and I think 1.4.5 does too, but not sure about
> earlier versions)

You're right, I checked that option and evolution is working just fine
now with that damned ISP. I suggest you either provide a tooltip for
that option (eg. "if you're not being able to use POP with your ISP, try
checking this option") or provide a help dialog... in my case it was an
oversight, I didn't really associate CAPA with a POP extension at first
(my bad, I know, but I guess this sort of problem might bite other users
too, specially non-technical ones).

Thank you very much for your fast and precise reply, now my girlfriend
will be able to enjoy Evolution in its full glory =) BTW: it still
doesn't offer any integrated anti-SPAM filters (like Thunderbird does),
does it?

Best,

Andre

> On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 09:52, Andre Costa wrote:
> > Hi folks, first time around. I am following below the email I sent a
> > couple of days ago to the Fedora ML, hoping you guys could lend me a
> > hand on this.
> >
> > Let me know if you need more info.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Andre
> >
> > --------------- Begin forwarded message ---------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:42:05 -0300
> > From: Andre Costa <acosta ar microlink com br>
> > To: Fedora ML <fedora-list redhat com>
> > Subject: Evolution refuses to work =(
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > this is probably better suited for evolution ML (to which I have
> > just subscribed), but maybe someone here has already gone through
> > the same experience and will be able to shed some light:
> >
> > I installed evolution on my Linux box so that my girlfriend could
> > read her email (I use Sylpheed myself, but I thought she would be
> > pleased with evolution's bells and whistles). However, it refuses to
> > read her emails, freezing for a while on the "send and receive
> > email" dialog and then showing me the "Erro while fetching Mail:
> > Cannot get POP summary: Operation now in progress" dialog.
> >
> > If I telnet directly to her ISP's POP server port 110, all seems to
> > be fine (USER, PASS and LIST work). I captured traffic to her POP
> > server with ethereal, and it seems the last thing evolution sees is
> > "CAPA" command issued after she has authenticated (evolution tries
> > another one as soon as it connects -- i.e. before authentication --
> > but this one is refused).
> >
> > If I try the same sequence of commands with telnet, server indeed
> > takes a couple of seconds to retrieve capability list, and sometimes
> > it indeed drops connection (which means it's not evolution's problem
> > after all). It looks like her POP server is braindead.
> >
> > So, to make a long story short: can I tell evolution not to try
> > 'CAPA' to workaround this issue?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Andre
> >
> > -- 
> > Andre Oliveira da Costa
> >
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> > --------------- End forwarded message -----------------
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> Jeffrey Stedfast
> Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
> fejj ximian com  - www.ximian.com


-- 
Andre Oliveira da Costa