Re: [Evolution] configuring evolution for offline use

[Tomas Vondra <tv fuzzy cz>]

On 12/05/2016 11:24 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 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.

Even if I disconnect intentionally (say, before leaving for a business 
trip), switching to an offline mode is a bit annoying - I'm sure I'll 
forget that half the time.

FWIW I've just tried the "work offline" and 5 minutes later, it's still 
syncing messages in some of the folders (on a hotel wifi, but not 
particularly bad one).

I'd much rather do the sync regularly while connected, so that it either 
proceeds quickly when "work offline" is selected, or that I only miss 
the smallest number of messages when I forget to do this (or lose the 
network unexpectedly).

regards
Tomas