Re: [Evolution] Have I pushed Evolution beyond where it is designed to go?

[Steve Litt <slitt troubleshooters com>]

Mike said on Sat, 05 Nov 2022 07:11:27 +0000

> Steve is it 27 years and my mail server (mail.netwright.net) sits a
> meter from my left leg. 

[snip]

> That server by my left leg is doing quite a bit, BIND, apache2 web, 
> Intermapper network monitoring as well as the mail server software.

By mail server software do you mean SMTP, or IMAP, or something else?

> [It is running as a Debian VM on Core i3 processor. :-) Did I mention
> that I am retired and no longer have big iron?] So it isn't a good
> depository for my mail. 

The htop program tells me my Dovecot is using 0% CPU, 0% memory, so I
doubt it would tax your i3. At worst you might need to buy a big 7200
RPM spinning rust disk to add to your existing disks.


> If you and other are say evolution can't do it, (even though it runs
> like a champ on a VM I created on my desktop) then I will leave it as
> a repository for my other mail and move on. However, it has been my
> experience that there is a potential bias from those who do things
> differently to say, 'it can't do that' when they really don't know.

I think my words were "I don't think any email client on earth is built
to hold that volume of email." I didn't say it was impossible: I was
saying it's an off-label use and probably has side effects. And also
that it locks you to a single email client.

If you think you can use Evolution to store 27 years of email, go for
it. I was just trying to be helpful by describing the setup I've enjoyed
for ten years, on three different distros. 

> Clearly it is doing fine on the VM.

Then it should be pretty easy to exploit the differences between the
metal version and the VM version to figure out the root cause of the
metal version's problem.

SteveT

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