On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 17:41 -0800, Vern McGeorge wrote: > 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.
Why do say this is only on quad-core cpus? Do you have references? > 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. Do you have gnome-keyring? If so, is it correctly configured and working? Evo should be using it to store your passwords and not asking you all the time. [...] > 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. TB3 allows you to have a unified Inbox. Just so you know. [...] > 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. The message search box is case-insensitive. I'm surprised that the filter criteria are any different. > 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. This is a long-standing request (*very* long-standing). I cannot comprehend why no devel has taken it seriously enough to implement it. > 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. I think you'll find that "all the others are so much worse". I have periodic fits of frustration with Evo, especially when it freezes up (thankfully this happens a lot less now). I try some other client for a while, including all the above, but I always come back. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
