There seems to be a problem in Evolution that is only being seen by
users or quad-core CPUs and this problem is, as best I can tell from
several web searches, not resolved or even particularly well
characterized. 

Too bad, since even though I like Evolution so far (and do NOT like
Thunderbird - for reasons that I will mention below) this bug may be
enough to force me to switch to another client.

The problem is that I many email accounts defined in Evolution. When I
"Send/Receive" email, I get problems with multiple threads hanging while
"Fetching Mail" and multiple pop-ups asking for the password for many of
my accounts. The only way I can work around this is to close down
Evolution completely, load my password into the clip-board, re-run
Evolution, hit "Send/Receive", and Ctrl-v/Enter my way through a third
of the accounts that pop up a dialog box asking for the password even
though all accounts are configured to remember the password.

I generally have to do the "Send/Receive" and Ctrl-v/Enter twp or more
times to successfully fetch the email from all my accounts.

Then, despite the fact that all my accounts are configured to check
email every 6 hours or every 24 hours, I get prompted for missing
passwords every few minutes.

If someone can help me set up some uber-log level, would be more than
happy reproduce this defect doing so would help fix this. I reserve the
right to sanitize the log to redact passwords or sensitive content.

Why don't I just switch to Thunderbird? Because I've looked it it don't
like it. Thunderbird (and many other email clients) maintain an
account-centric focus - you set up multiple accounts - each with
separate in-boxes, out-boxes, file-folders, etc. The left hand panel
then allows/forces you to work on each account in turn.

This assumes that the email address I use to interact with my friends
every day is just as important as the email address I used to subscribe
to the email list I've ignored for the past three years, the email
address I use to interact with a current client, and the email address I
gave to mail-order futon cover place.

In reality, I sort these emails into the A-list, B-list, C-list, and
D-list and Evolution supports this adequately. I'd say perfectly if only
could do case-insensitive comparisons because while I put out email
addresses that end in @VernMcGeorge.com, I very often get back
@vernmcgeorge.com.

Evolution maintains a folder focus that allows me to keep all the messy
account details while sorting all my incoming email into an orderly
folder tree. The only feature I do wish I had was the ability to go
check email on a specific account manually - like right after I sign up
on a new website and am expecting an activation email momentarily.

If I can't get this resolved, or at least get some kind of a
work-around, I may end up switching to KMail, Claws Mail, or some other
as yet TBD client even though I don't want to.

-- Vern
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