Re: [Evolution] Spamfiltering with evolution - NO LONGER WORKS

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> > > I have to agree ... Evolution has become a non-option for me when
> > > trying to pitch a linux desktop to corp offices. It just does not
> > > play.
> > >
> > > 3 or more years ago, EVO had lots of promise. Now, it is mostly a
> > > clunky interface with a few intriguing features but too far behind to
> > > be relevant. It's too bad.
> >
> > "Too far behind"  - what on earth does that mean.  Evo works perfectly
> > fine for me - I use it day in, day out - very, very few crashes.  I read
> > five different email accounts with it, take address books from three
> > different sources and integrate calendars from a further five places.
> > This is all with 2.12.3 on Fedora 8.
> >
> > Just because one small bit of it doesn't work perfectly for you, don't
> > crap on the whole thing.  Personally, I don't care that it won't talk to
> > Exchange 2007 - and to some extent I resent the time that the developers
> > are forced to spend chasing 'upgrades' to closed proprietary software -
> > I want them to spend time on getting a reliable CalDAV interface for one
> > thing!  Remember, it wasn't that long ago that the exchange connector
> > was a paid for option to Evo, not an open source *free* integrated
> > plugin.  As Paul Smith said - if you are unhappy with the software, take
> > it back to where you bought it and get a refund.

> Unfortunately a lot of us are forced to deal with Exchange. Not working
> at all with Exchange is not a MINOR problem for a lot of us.

Sure, but that's no reason to say that the whole of evolution is a dead
duck - it's not.  It works perfectly fine in a non Exchange environment.

>  Not
> filtering spam is a major problem also.

But that seems to be a distro problem, not an Evo problem per se.

>  Please stop complaining that
> people are reporting bugs. 

No one is complaining about people reporting bugs - what people do
complain about is the constant whinging that it doesn't work with
Exchange 2007.  Evo doesn't claim to be compatible with Exchange 2007,
so it's not a bug.

> I thought that was part of the reason for the
> mailing list.

Is it?  I thought it was for people to help others with problems.  Bug
reporting is done through bugzilla or Bug Buddy surely. 


>  The bigger problem is that bugs are reported and at times
> it seems that no one cares. Rather than criticizing people for reporting
> bugs and not giving enough information or the right info, just ask for
> specific info. We wouldn't report the bugs if we didn't want to help
> figure out what was going wrong.

Have you looked at 

    http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#General_Questions

P.