Re: [Evolution] Evolution's mega bandwidth hogging

[Kåre Fiedler Christiansen <fedora kaarefc dk>]

On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 11:35 +0200, Jeremy Nell wrote:
> The last few days have been frustrating for me.  I'm a newbie to
> Ubuntu (of about two weeks).  On Windows, I used Gmail via the
> browser.  After installing Ubuntu, I decided to give Evolution a shot
> and like it a lot (since it's neatly integrated).
>
> However, my bandwidth usage shot up to between one and two gigs per
> day, and I had no idea what was causing it.
>
> Today, around 16 gigs later (after 10 days), it seems that Evolution
> is the cause.  I've done everything possible to find what's causing my
> traffic spike, and everything points to Evo.
>
> My question is: how do you optimise Evo to use bandwidth efficiently?
>
> Currently, it's connected to Gmail via IMAP+.  I only have Evo
> checking for new messages in subscribed folders (which is a handful).
> It checks for new mail every minute (like it did in Outlook).
>
> Advice / thoughts...

Sorry I'm reposting, I somehow posted this as a reply to an entirely
different message (twice, even).

I am almost 100% certain that you have set up your GMail account to
synchronize mail locally. This is never a good idea with GMail since
each message is duplicated in multiple folders.

Go to your account preferences for GMail, select "Receiving Options" and
turn off the checkbox that says "Automatically synchronize remote mail
locally".

Best,
 KÃre