Re: [Evolution] How to disable map lookups: gsetting org.gnome.evolution.addressbook open-map-target

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2019-09-10 at 20:19 +0200, Garret Robinson via evolution-list
wrote:
> Is there a way to disable the internet connections that are done to lookup addresses from your address book?
>
> Inputting an address into Evolution seems to cause an automatic internet lookup of the address entered. 
> There are several problems with this behavior.
>
> 1) this is a privacy issue. I have Location Services disabled on my box, yet this behavior is still going 
> on. If my traffic is being monitored, this is bad.
>
> 2) if the address is entered in human readable form in the address book then it causes Evolution to keep 
> trying to lookup the address but failing causing constant popups of the issue, for example
> 1234 Street
> Any Town, CA 90505
>
> instead of 
>
> 1234 Street
> Any Town
> CA
> 90505
>
>
> My questions specifically:
> 1) is there a way to disable map lookups from the address book? I do not want Contacts and my Address Book 
> connecting to the internet.
>
> 2) if there is no way to disable this, where should this "bug" be filed? in Evolution or in Gnome Settings 
> "privacy"?

Can't you disable online address books in Preferences->Contacts?

poc