Ok. I eventually did have similar issues with Thunderbird, but not
nearly as severe. Further investigation indicates it is probably the
same bug as 279102 (network card issue).
Sorry for the wasted bandwidth.
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evolution appears to cause network connection instability
https://bugs.launchpad.n
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: evolution
Ubuntu 9.04 AMD64 on Dell Dimension E521
AMD 64X2 5000+, 2GB ram
evolution 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
There is an unpleasant interaction between evolution and network
connectivity. When using evolution as client to an IMAP server on the
LAN, the wired co