Re: [Evolution] suggestion for evolution

[Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee gmail com>]

On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 20:31 -0400, Jay Daniels wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 10:49 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 15:54 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
> > > Can someone explain why I'd want to place Evolution in offline mode manually?
> >
> > You're boarding a plane and want to continue reading email.
> >
> > Matthew Barnes
>
> on Linux - fetchmail+procmail+maildir+evolution+mutt+msmtp
>
> need i say more.  evo read ~/.maildir folders directly.  it's also
> lightening fast.  well worth the trouble to setup.
>
> anybody done any speed test on this type of setup with disabling plugins
> you don't need?
>
>
> jay

I eventually gave up on Evo with maildir, a huge amount of IO (I only
have slightly less than 3GB of mail) whenever the app is open, so I
inserted dovecot (IMAP) in between maildir and evo and suddenly
everything is peachy again. Another alternative to fetchmail/procmail is
offlineimap, especially for those who sometimes need web-based access to
their mail and don't have their own servers to log into.

Before anyone asks, yes I did mention the maildir/IO issue on this list
previously, but no replies to that and dovecot's been serving me well
anyway.