Re: [Evolution] Slow to connect (and download)

[Gary Curtin <gary curtin gmx ie>]

On Mon, 2019-07-08 at 10:55 +0200, Milan Crha wrote:
>        Hi,
> that's really odd. I doubt NSS can do better connections than
> glib-networking/gnutls, thus the only difference I can think of is
> related to proxy settings. By any chance, do you have setup any proxy
> either in the system or in Evolution itself in Edit->Preferences->
> Network Preferences? Maybe try to switch to "Direct connection", aka No
> Proxy Needed, whether it'll help.
>         Bye,
>         Milan

Yes, I looked at the Network Preferences and tried about every
combination of settings. That did not help, but I was reading an
article over at It's FOSS -
https://itsfoss.com/speed-up-slow-wifi-connection-ubuntu/ - and the
Debian Avahi-daemon solution has improved my speed noticeably.