Re: [Evolution] Evo 3.0.2 won't download mail

[Rick Phillips <rick greyheads net>]

On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:53:19 -0430
Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve> wrote:

> On Sat, 2011-06-25 at 21:55 +1000, Rick Phillips wrote:
> > I will try a fresh install in the morning when I am feeling a little
> > less frustrated.  I will remove all existing accounts and mail files
> > and start from scratch to see what happens but I am not hopeful.
> > The duplicate mail downloads have started again so I have to remove
> > some 500 duplicates every time I start Evo.  This is very bad
> > really.
>
> A hypothetical explanation for both problems would be that Evo and the
> mail server don't agree on what messages are new:
>
> 1) Evo won't download new messages after the first time, because it
> thinks there's nothing new on the server, *or* because the server
> isn't telling it.
>
> 2) When it does download messages, it includes old ones because it has
> somehow forgotten it has already seen them, *or* because the server
> isn't indicating correctly that they are old.
>
> Does the server work correctly with a different client, e.g.
> Thunderbird?
The mail server works correctly with everything else - Outlook, Claws,
iPhone and Evolution 2.23.  I just does not work with Evo 3.

I have now had to abandon the product and have moved to Claws - not as
good but my sanity has returned.

Thanks for your comments and suggestions.

Rick