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 > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list redhat com > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > --------------- End forwarded message ----------------- > -- > Jeffrey Stedfast > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > fejj ximian com - www.ximian.com -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
|
Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc. fejj ximian com - www.novell.com |