Re: [Evolution] Issues accessing gmail (IMAP+)?

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Mon, 2014-02-17 at 10:43 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2014-02-15 at 23:43 +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> > On Sat, 2014-02-15 at 17:34 -0500, Paul Smith wrote:
> > > Overall I really like it, but it seems like there's some issue with
> > > accessing gmail accounts (but not my ISP IMAP account).  If I look at my
> > > gmail account with my browser I'll see I have a few new emails, but
> > > Evolution says I have no new email even if I click Send/Receive.
> > That issue seem to be rather a general problem... at least I experience
> > it with many IMAP servers.
> I'm using Evo 3.10.3 on Fedora 20 with two Gmail accounts, both set to
> IMAP+, and don't have this problem. My Receive options are:
> Check for new mail in subscribed folders
> Use server Quick Resync
> Listen for server change notifications
> You might also want to experiment with the new mail check interval (same
> Preference panel).

I have been told that they rate-limit IMAP and SMTP connections [I have
not authoritative citation for this].  But if it is true and you are
polling too frequently that could explain notification brown-outs.

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Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam whitemice org> GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA