Re: [Evolution] Gmail and IMAP

["Patrick O'Callaghan" <poc usb ve>]

Never mind, I figured it out. It came down to RTFM (specifically, Gmail
uses nonstandard ports).

Wierdly, when I configured Thunderbird according to the blow-by-blow
description on the Gmail site, Evo suddenly started working. A Gconf
thing perhaps?

poc

PS It still doesn't excuse Evo from hanging indefinitely trying to open
a connection to a port that's never going to respond.

On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 18:20 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> I thought of that, but it isn't happening (I looked carefully :-)
>
> poc
>
> On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 16:06 -0400, Steven Tryon wrote:
> > I just set mine up (2.12 on Kubuntu Gutsy) and it seems to work ok.
> > Scan all folders takes a while so I may change my settings.
> >
> > I have had the interminable "send and receive" window in other
> > situations.  The guilty party was usually a password request or error
> > window buried under the rest of my other windows but not showing up on a
> > window list.  When I close that, Evolution continues on its way.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 15:40 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > Gmail has recently started supporting IMAP access for some users (check
> > > your Gmail settings; if one of the tabs says "Forwarding and POP/IMAP"
> > > then you're in luck, if not just wait a few days and try again) so I was
> > > wondering if anyone has set up IMAP access from Evo.
> > >
> > > The reason I ask is that I tried it and on first access Evo just sat
> > > there interminably saying it was "downloading folders" but without even
> > > asking for my Gmail password.
> > >
> > > poc
> > >
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