Re: [Evolution] [ews] Listen for server change notifications vs check for new messages

[Robert Munteanu <robert munteanu gmail com>]

On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Robert Munteanu
<robert munteanu gmail com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Robert Munteanu
> <robert munteanu gmail com> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano fidencio org> wrote:
> > > Hello Robert,
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Robert Munteanu <robert munteanu gmail com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I see that with evolution-ews 3.12.1 I can configure my EWS account to
> > > > listen to server change notifications, which is pretty cool. I enabled
> > > > that and still see that all my folders are periodically refreshed.
> > >
> > >
> > > Listen for server change notification and Check for new messages every X
> > > minutes are options that can be enabled simultaneously, although doesn't
> > > make sense to. :-) So, it's up to you to disable or not the "Check for new
> > > messages every X minutes".
> > > Just keep in mind one thing, "Listen for server change notifications" only
> > > works for Exchange Servers newer than 2010 SP2. So, if you're connected to
> > > an older server, it will not work.
> >
> > Right, got it. I think the version is new enough, I'm using
> > outlook.com hosting ( outlook.office365.com ) . Can I validate somehow
> > that this is enough?
> >
> > > > Are there any caveats when doing that? I have server-side filters
> > > > enabled so messages typically arrive in any of 50+ folders.
> > >
> > >
> > > Not that I can remember.
> > >
> > > One thing that is not clear from your email is if you have the notifications
> > > working for you or not.
> > >
> > > Considering it's not working, please, could you start your evolution using:
> > > EWS_DEBUG=2 evolution &> ews_log.txt
> > >
> > > Then, please, remove any personal information from the file and send to the
> > > list.
> >
> > I'll do that, thanks. However, it's a bit hard right now to get valid
> > information due to
> >
> > 730134: Segmentation fault: camel-ews-store.c: No such file or directory
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730134
> >
> > so expect some delays.
>
> So after the update to 3.12.2 the referenced bug is fixed, so that's nice.
>
> I see that updates are working, but with a minor caveat: it seems that
> whenever evolution is started it listens for updates, but it does not
> sync the current state from the server. So updates will work only for
> messages which arrive after I've opened evolution, which makes me
> think that we still need a full sync somehow.
>
> Doing a manual send/receive fixes this.
>
> My settings are
>
> [ ] Check for messages every X minutes
> [x] Check for new messages in all folders
> [x] Listen for server change notifications

Also it seems that changes are not propagated to the server until I
manually refresh the folder - I noticed this both when moving messages
and when marking them as read.

Robert

> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
> > Robert
> >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > --
> > > Fabiano Fidêncio
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://robert.muntea.nu/
>
>
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