Re: [Evolution] Internal server error occurred

[James Lay <jlay slave-tothe-box net>]

On 2014-01-24 08:17, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > Ever since my work place moved their mail services off of own 
> > Exchange
> > servers to cloud based Office 365 I've been having problems sending,
> > receiving and working with email using Evolution.
> >
> > Currently I'm running version 3.8.4 on Ubuntu 13.10 but this problem
> > has persisted for a few versions. The problems I describe apply to 
> > my
> > current set up using EWS but moving to IMAP did not help.
>
> In what way did it "not help".  IMAP on Evolution is really quite 
> solid.
>
> >  I have two other accounts, IMAP, from other providers set up as 
> > well
> > and have no problem with them.
>
> That sounds like it's a problem with the server then :-)
>
> > The problems I am experiencing with O365 & EWS are:
> > 1. Some random email does not appear in my inbox but is visible in 
> > the
> > webmail. I don't see any pattern for what email gets skipped.
> > 2. Sending email I frequently get "Internal server error"
> > 3. Moving email between folders I frequently get "Internal server
> > error" or "Failed to move message cachefile". Email sometimes gets
> > lost when moving between folders.
>
> I suspect the "Internal Server Error" is a catch all for when EWS
> doesn't get a response.
>
> Have you tried running Evolution from the command line - that may 
> give
> you more detail.  Also try turning on some debugging to get more
> detailed information.  Basic debugging information is here:
>
>  https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/Debugging
>
> unfortunately the EWS debugging info isn't there - try
>
>   $ EWS_DEBUG=2 evolution
>
> or
>
>   $ CAMEL_DEBUG=ews evolution
>
> (can anyone more knowledgeable say what the correct debug variable 
> is?)
>
> P.

And when in doubt, packet capture....."the truth is in the packet" ;)

James