If you use the button to manually check for messages, then the detailed dialog box makes a lot of sense. However, you can set it to automatically check every so often, and it won't display the dialog box then. On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 07:46 -0500, Wendell Mackenzie wrote:
> and stop displaying that annoying message dialog when it does the > server check for messages... > > just display a small progress bar in the bottom portion of the window > with a cancel operation button. > > jm2cts. > Wendell > > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 17:43 -0500, Caleb Marcus wrote: > > > One thing that's always bothered me about Evo is that when it's > > checking folders or refreshing something, or otherwise connecting to > > the IMAP server, it refuses to download messages when I click them > > until it's done or I stop it manually... it seems that in the > > interest of usability, Evo should prioritize viewing new messages, > > and cancel the current synchronization operation (or somehow > > multitask) when the user tries to view a message. > > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 14:39 -0500, Chris Williams wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:37 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 11:38 -0500, Chris Williams wrote: > > > > > Admittedly, I only use Evo to check 5-7 IMAP accounts and > > > > > occasionally a > > > > > Groupwise account. I guess I just wanted to comment that there are > > > > > cases where Evo has, and continues to be rock-solid for some users. > > > > > > > > No doubt, but in a way that's actually more worrying. i.e. Evo works for > > > > some people most of the time and for other people not so much. Evo in > > > > all its incarnations has had variable levels of reliability for me, on > > > > two different machines, always using Fedora and KDE. The distro packages > > > > have I think been more reliable than self-compiled versions, which might > > > > mean something. Right now I'm using a self-compiled 2.12.1 on F7 with > > > > all distro updates installed and the entire UI freezes every few seconds > > > > when I'm typing, when changing folders, and when (apparently) contacting > > > > the IMAP server, plus evolution-alarm-notify sometimes eats 100% of CPU > > > > and has to be killed (I notice because I monitor my CPU temperature!). > > > > > > Oh, definitely. As a (non-Evo) developer, I do value consistency and I > > > have to agree that I haven't always seen that with this product. I > > > certainly didn't meant to imply that Evo has no problems at all. In > > > fact, a lot of distro upgrades were solely because of bugs/quirks or > > > inability to upgrade because of all the Gnome dependencies. I will > > > agree that I probably have an extra level of stability through the use > > > of distro packaging. I will easily admit I went to distro-only > > > packaging because of many of the quirks I encountered while using the > > > "real" releases. > > > > > > > On a different note, my junk filters simnply do not work at all (they do > > > > with the distro package). I've tried SA and Bogofilter and they are > > > > never automatically activated (I'm tracking them with a log file). > > > > > > I see occasional problems with filters as well, and junk filtering does > > > seem to work sometimes while not others. Frustrating. > > > > > > > Tomorrow Fedora 8 will be released so I'll be able to upgrade and > > > > hopefully these issues will go away, but it's annoying to try and stay > > > > up with the latest Evo's only to find some missing funcionality for > > > > reasons that are not clear. Before anyone asks, upgrading to the Rawhide > > > > version means installing a large number of additional packages so I > > > > don't care to do that, having had other stability problems with Rawhide > > > > in the past. > > > > > > Good luck with the upgrade. I saw many improvements moving from > > > Ubuntu's 2.10 to 2.12 packages. > > > > > > --chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Evolution-list mailing list > > > Evolution-list@gnome.org > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Evolution-list mailing list > > Evolution-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > > > > > > > > > Wendell MacKenzie > System Engineer > Phone: 613.782.5736 > Mobile: 416.997.7934 > IM/other: mackendw > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > BEA > Systems, Inc. > Corporate Office, USA > 2315 > North First Street > San > Jose, CA 95131 > Fax: > 408.570.8901 > www.bea.com > > > > The > 2 > most > important rules in life:: 1. Don't tell everything you know > > Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain > information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated > entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or > legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the > individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the > intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please > immediately return this by email and then delete it.
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