Re: [Evolution] configuring evolution for offline use

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2016-12-05 at 05:37 +0100, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> On 12/04/2016 11:50 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sun, 2016-12-04 at 02:37 +0100, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> > > Are those the right choices? Some of the folders are quite large
> > > (mailing list archives with thousands of messages), and evolution seems
> > > to be syncing almost continuously, so maybe some of the options are
> > > unnecessary (or maybe I need to set something else too)?
> >
> > There's no need for "always check for new mail in this folder" if
> > you're already checking in all subscribed folders. That's probably why
> > it's syncing all the time.
>
> OK, thanks for the suggestion - will try.
>
> > Be sure to take Evo offline explicitly before disconnecting your
> > machine.
>
> Hmmm, what's the consequence of not doing this? It's not always 
> predictable when the machine will be offline - for example when 
> traveling by train, the network may be inaccessible unpredictably. 
> Similarly for various wifis provided by airlines.

Nothing bad, just that your local cache won't be updated until you
reconnect. It was more in the nature of a suggestion as I had assumed
you were deliberately disconnecting.

poc