Re: [Evolution] Evolution hangs with "formatting"

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> I have a Fedora 11 x86_64 machine and I use Evolution a lot (personal
> and business).  Currently I am having trouble when I try to open a
> message...Evolution hangs with "formatting" at the bottom of the
> message window.  I have to use brute force to kill Evolution and start
> it up again.  There does not seem to be any pattern as to when it
> hangs like this - it has been pretty random.  I am using IMAP for my
> accounts and I am using the RSS plugin...don't know if this is
> relevant to the problem.  Has anyone else seen a similar problem?
> More importantly, does anyone know of a solution?
The "Formatting ..." is basically just saying that Evo is trying to
display the email.  I occasionally get it and it seems to be to do with
Evo failing to get info from the network and I solved most of mine by
turning off the "Load images only for people in your address book.." -
it was ultimately because Evo was trying to search a large on-line ldap
database.

Another thing to look at is slow or dodgy net connections to the IMAP
server.  I have two (actually lots more!) identical Evo setups at work
and home - the work one that is on the same LAN as the servers is
usually fine, the home one at the end of an ADSL line hangs, especially
when first starting up when there are lots of net connections.

When it does happen, rather than shutting down Evo completely, try
clicking on the connection icon in the lower left hand corner - that
will put Evo off line and will effectively reset all the connections.
Clicking it again will put you back on line.  (But don't try and synch
the folders - otherwise you'll be there all day!)

P.