Re: [Evolution] Using EWS only for Calendar & Contacts

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 17:06 +0400, Emre Erenoglu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not yet happy with the functionality of EWS interface on the 
> mail part, due to some issues for which I've already filed bug 
> reports (ie very slow large attachment downloads, UI block during 
> those large attachment download, etc.). (download messages for 
> offline mode is also enabled).
>
> I can use IMAP for email as both EWS and IMAP are enabled on our 
> exchange servers. Is there a way to utliize EWS only for Calendar 
> and Contacts while keeping mail on IMAP? When I setup EWS account, 
> mail is also automatically enabled.

        Hi,
the calendar and book parts are tight to the mail account. You cannot 
easily disable it, but you might be able to do that by editing EWS 
account's main .source file. Search your ~/.config/evolution/sources
for files which contain "[Collection]", one of the files may reference 
your EWS account, also recognized by an "[Ews Backend]" section. 
Change the "MailEnabled=true" to "MailEnabled=false" and then restart 
evolution-source-registry. No promises whether it'll work, but you can 
try at least. Definitely make a copy of the .source file before you'll 
change anything in it, just in case you change it too much.

It should be easier to just collapse the EWS mail account in the 
folder tree, disable the offline synchronization for it and even 
disable the automatic update of its folders and change the account 
name or something in such a way that you'll be able to distinguish 
which account is EWS and which IMAP. Note the email address is 
automatically propagated into calendar and book sources.
        Bye,
        Milan