[Gllug] Evolution won't fetch my mail (Help)

[John Hearns]

On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 02:02, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 23:47, Dave Cridland wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 23:05, Nix wrote:
> > > On 05 Aug 2002, John Hearns moaned:
> > > > Much though I like Evo, it does have the habit of throwing fits from
> > > > time to time.
> > > 
> > > This does *not* make me more willing to use it :(
> > 
> > IMAP is good enough protection, I find, for almost any email client
> > problem. Cyrus IMAPd allows server-side filtering, so there's even less
> > reason to worry about your email client exploding.
> 
> Indeed. I've become much more blase about testing different mail clients
> since switching to IMAP.
Agreed.

>  

> 
> I really dislike Evolution's implicit assumption that you're using local
> mailboxes. The mailbox status list in the summary pane will only list
> local folders, making it useless on IMAP setups, they insist on having
> stuck the Calendar and Contacts under local folders for some bizarre
> reason, so whenever you click the contacts icon on the side bar, it
> opens the local folders hierarchy for you. Has anyone managed to figure
> out a way to tell it there are no local folders, and to please bloody
> well get rid of them.... Or is this impossible....
>
I read you loud and clear, and I agree!

I have got my remote IMAP Inbox into the summary panel - you just
drag it across!  (version 1.0.8)


By the way, anyone on the list used Ximian Connector?
There are big moves in these parts to go to Exchange.


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