Re: [Evolution] Logging out of GNOME while Evolution is still open??

[Ron Johnson <ron l johnson cox net>]

On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 15:31 -0700, Evolution List wrote:
> So let me get this straight then....
>
> > > On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 01:24 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > No.  This is by design.  GNOME (and KDE) use a "session manager"
> > > > to ensure that the DE remembers what is running, what docs are
> > > > open, etc, and if the app is session-aware, it will reopen to the
> > > > place where you left it.
> > >
> > > hmm... according to http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19197
> > > there is no session management at all in evolution.
>
> Given that Evolution apparently has no SM capabilities then am I taking
> a risk to leave Evolution open when logging out in terms of potentially
> corrupting my email or should I first quit Evolution then log out?  
>
> Is there a definitive answer on this?  

You'll lose *part* of any open, unsent email, but, if you use
Maildir (directly or via IMAP), you won't (can't?) lose anything.
wu-imap (which uses mbox) might protect you also.

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