Re: [Evolution] Evolution stopped fetching e-mails after Linux update

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 17:10:17 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Sun, 2017-02-26 at 16:34 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 14:53:16 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:  
> > > CentOS 6 is not vintage. It is a current release.  
> >
> > You seem not to understand the context of my reply.

You are again...

> > If they provide Evolution 2.x they are most likely the most
> > reasonable persons to contact. If there should be an issue with the
> > 2.6 kernel, would they recommend to send a request to the kernel
> > mailing list?
> >
> > There's no LTS kernel 2.x anymore at https://www.kernel.org/ and
> > apart from this even when using a recent kernel, the Centos kernel
> > seemingly is tainted with out-of-tree patches.  
>
> The CentOS kernel is what RedHat provide in their source. There was
> even an update to it yesterday, so yes, it is still being supported and
> updated.

... missing the point.

Actually I try to help the OP with 1. the shot in the dark I provided
and 2. by explaining why Centos is not a good distro for an Evolution
user.

Note, if you take a look at https://www.kernel.org/ you'll notice
that the kernel is unsupported by upstream. Sure, the kernel is
supported by Centos, much likely with tons of out-of-tree patches,
which is a drawback, if a user expects support outside the Centos/RedHat
community. The same is true f0or Evolution. How many users do you guess
are using Evolution 2.x on this mailing list?

Even you are using Evolution 3.22.5 and you didn't provide the OP any
help at all, instead your claims encourage the user to stay with Centos.

Assuming the OP should use POP accounts, I don't know if an upgrade
from one Evolution 2.x to another 2.y release does change something in
regards to

[x] Disable support for all POP3 extensions

For example Claws doesn't provide a dedicated "POP3 extension" option,
but most likely such a setting just has got a different name. Maybe the
options provided by old Evolution preferences changed. Just a shot in
the dark, since it's years ago that I used Evolution 2. However, one of
my "vintage" Linux still comes with GNOME 2, a requirement for
Evolution 2. Even when not using GNOME, Evolution depends a lot on
GNOMEish dependencies.

Regards,
Ralf