Re: [Evolution] Evolution without cache?

[mh mike franken de (Michael Hirmke)]

Hi Milan,

> On Sun, 2016-10-23 at 10:41 +0200, Michael Hirmke wrote:
> > is it possible to run evolution without the cache for ews mailboxes
> > just like Outlook? In Outlook I can configure, whether to use an offline
> > cache or not. The main reason for my question is, that the evolution cache
> > and the "reality" in my exchange mailbox often differ, so that I have to
> > delete the cache files. This is escpecially true for the calendar.

>       Hi,
> the Outlook's "cached mode" is a different thing than what the
> evolution-ews does. The Outlook's "cached mode" for example saves
> events locally and uploads them to the server "when it thinks it's a
> good time to do it", while evolution-ews saves immediately (or the
> Outlook too, with the "cached mode" being off).

ok.

> You shouldn't need to delete the evolution-ews' cache, especially not
> the one for the calendar. The evolution-ews always asks the server
> "what changes since _some_key_" and the server returns what was added,
> what removed and what changed. The locally stored data mirrors the
> server state as reported by the server. If there is some issue with not
> removed calendar cache file(s)/event(s)/..., then it's a bug and should
> be fixed. Similarly with other parts.

Ok, if I observe this behaviour again, I'm going to ask you for some
debugging instruction, if this is ok for you?

>       Bye,
>       Milan

Thx for your answer.

Bye.
Michael.
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Michael Hirmke