Re: [Evolution] evolution connect to exchange 2007. DavMail as bridge

2010-01-19 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:50:30AM -0500, Art Alexion wrote: > On 01/19/2010 Chris G wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:04:45AM -0500, Art Alexion wrote: > > > > On 01/18/2010 L wrote: > > >> > > > thanks a lot, This solves my problem. I need t

Re: [Evolution] evolution connect to exchange 2007. DavMail as bridge

2010-01-19 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:04:45AM -0500, Art Alexion wrote: > On 01/18/2010 L wrote: > > > thanks a lot, This solves my problem. I need this connection for > > email > > > > only. I am amazed that it works so well, > > > > DavMail gets mail from exchange 2007, then evolution get from > > ther

[Evolution] Can one not get to see address in a contacts list?

2010-01-14 Thread Chris G
I've just copied a contacts .pst file across from Outlook to Evolution, worked OK but I can't get the same view of it that I had in Outlook. I want to see the following columns in a list view of my contacts:- File As (i.e. name) Home Phone Business Phone Mobile Phone Home Add

Re: [Evolution] Can Evolution write tasks to any remote type of storage?

2009-12-16 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:40:16AM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > I can see no point at all in running Evolution to handle personal > > calendars, tasks etc. and then having to use a *different* system to > > handle shared tasks. > > > > I have a personal shared Zimbra CalDAV calendar that is

Re: [Evolution] Can Evolution write tasks to any remote type of storage?

2009-12-16 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:19:29PM +0100, Han Pilmeyer wrote: >On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 10:29 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > > So what calendar server can Evolution *write* to? If it can't write > to the calendar server then it makes Evolution totally redundant > in

Re: [Evolution] Can Evolution write tasks to any remote type of storage?

2009-12-16 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:45:38AM +0100, Milan Crha wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 10:29 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > So what calendar server can Evolution *write* to? If it can't write > > to the calendar server then it makes Evolution totally redundant > > in this so

Re: [Evolution] Can Evolution write tasks to any remote type of storage?

2009-12-16 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:27:58AM +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 22:26 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > I'd like my wife and I to be able to share a task list but I can't see > > any way to do this with Evolution. Is it really not possible? >

[Evolution] Can Evolution write tasks to any remote type of storage?

2009-12-15 Thread Chris G
I'd like my wife and I to be able to share a task list but I can't see any way to do this with Evolution. Is it really not possible? I can connect Evolution to a shared iCalendar file but it's a read only connection which makes it rather pointless because one would need to use another application

Re: [Evolution] top versus bottom posting and the"control-L"function

2009-10-20 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 03:28:53PM -0400, Art Alexion wrote: > On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 15:10 -0400, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > All this would not happen if you use a realy good MUA (like 'mutt') > > and a good text editor (like 'vim'), as I do. > > Matthias, I am clueless as to why you monitor and pa

Re: [Evolution] top versus bottom posting and the "control-L"function

2009-10-20 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 02:57:10PM -0400, Derek McDaniel wrote: > > > > > El día martes, octubre 20, 2009 a las 02:32:59 -0400, Ben May escribió: > > > > > All this discussion of top versus bottom posting got me thinking. If > > > there's ALREADY a function in evolution specifically for replying t

Re: [Evolution] Reliable Palm device?

2009-10-19 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 09:22:17AM -0700, Simon Roberts wrote: > > > - Original Message > > From: Adam Tauno Williams > ... > > > I've never had great luck with palm devices and Evolution. Partly, > > > perhaps, because I'm using versions that come with distros (usually > > > either SuS

Re: [Evolution] Reliable Palm device?

2009-10-19 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 06:37:37AM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 11:33 +0100, Chris G wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 06:15:19AM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 22:50 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote: > > > >

Re: [Evolution] Reliable Palm device?

2009-10-19 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 06:15:19AM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 22:50 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've never had great luck with palm devices and Evolution. Partly, > > perhaps, because I'm using versions that come with distros (usually > > either SuSE o

Re: [Evolution] Top Post - Bottom Post [ was Re: stability/Jewett ]

2009-10-12 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 06:36:10AM -0400, Art Alexion wrote: > Sometimes, indeed, some of us just can't. Like now, when I am reading mail > on my Blackberry. > > The BB inserts the entire uneditable quote below your response. > What rubbish! My very similar Nokia E71 allows me to bottom post a

Re: [Evolution] Disaster strikes -- 4000 messages deleted

2009-08-25 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 04:04:42PM -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 16:17 -0600, Kojak T wrote: > > How was your Back-up made? > > from within Evolution, or just a copy of the folder? > > > > personally, I use the internal back-up in Evolution to one file as > > extra, and

Re: [Evolution] Own project / idea for Google summer of code 2009

2009-03-28 Thread Chris G
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 04:41:23PM +, Art Alexion wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 09:17 -0400, Chris G wrote: > > > Yes, so do I! I use xubuntu so I'm not fully Gnome but Gnome > > > applications such as Evolution are fully supported. > > > > I

Re: [Evolution] Own project / idea for Google summer of code 2009

2009-03-28 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 05:45:21PM +0100, Pavol Srna wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 14:17, Chris G wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:32:13PM +0100, Pavol Srna wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I would like to discuss my own project / idea for

Re: [Evolution] Own project / idea for Google summer of code 2009

2009-03-28 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 04:41:23PM +, Art Alexion wrote: > On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 09:17 -0400, Chris G wrote: > > Yes, so do I! I use xubuntu so I'm not fully Gnome but Gnome > > applications such as Evolution are fully supported. > > I would be most appreciative if

Re: [Evolution] Own project / idea for Google summer of code 2009

2009-03-27 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:32:13PM +0100, Pavol Srna wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to discuss my own project / idea for Google summer of code 2009 > and if you are interested in, then I would like to find a potential mentor for > this project. > What's the function of a mentor in this context?

Re: [Evolution] Funambol, syncing, etc.

2009-03-18 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:56:27PM +1100, Nick Jenkins wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > Thank you very much for the great explanations and information! > > > Writing up your experience for LWN would be useful to get the attention > > of other developers and potential packagers. > > I sent LWN a rough dr

Re: [Evolution] message filters not working

2009-03-17 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 09:41:30AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 13:55 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 09:13:27AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 13:22 +, Chris G wrote: > > > >

Re: [Evolution] message filters not working

2009-03-17 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 09:13:27AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 13:22 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:15:20AM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > You mean like you tell the Evo filter to look for a ListId header? >

Re: [Evolution] message filters not working

2009-03-17 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:15:20AM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > You mean like you tell the Evo filter to look for a ListId header? > > > > > What you tell mutt is that a certain address (in To:, From:, Cc: etc.) > > is a mailing list address, the specification is a regular expression > > with wh

Re: [Evolution] message filters not working

2009-03-17 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 05:16:06PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 20:54 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 04:10:35PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 19:46 +, Chris G wrote: > > > >

Re: [Evolution] message filters not working

2009-03-16 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 04:10:35PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 19:46 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:56:52PM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > > > The one I created for the evolution-list@g

Re: [Evolution] message filters not working

2009-03-16 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:56:52PM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > The one I created for the evolution-list@gnome.org works fine, but the > > > > ones I have created for my various ubuntu and security mailing lists > > > > don't work. I created all the rules the same. > > > > > > > > Basicall

Re: [Evolution] message filters not working

2009-03-16 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:10:25PM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > The one I created for the evolution-list@gnome.org works fine, but the > > ones I have created for my various ubuntu and security mailing lists > > don't work. I created all the rules the same. > > > > Basically, filter on ma

Re: [Evolution] Funambol, syncing, etc.

2009-03-15 Thread Chris G
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:09:48PM +1100, Nick Jenkins wrote: [Big snip of description of many/most of the paces I have been too] > > == General comments == > > * This is not easy. Any attempt to pretend this is easy is incorrect. My > grandma could not do this. My mother could not do this. Most

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-12 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:31:43AM -0400, Robert Seward wrote: > On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 13:27 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:53:05AM +0100, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > > > >> Minor correction: it is not "SyncML the protocol" which limits th

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-12 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 02:43:10PM +0100, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > > This discussion has taught me a lot, maybe I play devil's advocate too > > much but I'm really not simply moaning about things.  I'm trying to > > discuss weaknesses and look at ways to improve - possibly by looking > > at rad

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-12 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:53:05AM +0100, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > >> Minor correction: it is not "SyncML the protocol" which limits the kinds > >> of data that can be exchanged, it is "SyncML server XYZ" or "SyncML > >> client ABC" which only support certain kinds of data. > >> > >> >   Or are

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-12 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:12:48AM +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote: > > > > > Which confirms what I was saying - SyncMl does know (and thus > > *limits*) what is being transferred. OK, SyncMl can be expanded as > > needed to allow more different clients to connect using it but > > ultimately it's a dea

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-12 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 03:57:26PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 16:42 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:57:40AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 16:14 +, Chris G wrote: > > > >

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-11 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:57:40AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 16:14 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > It's trying to do the impossible though. If, for example, one end has > > task categories that don't exist at the other end there's not

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-11 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:30:14AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:25 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > the idea that you need a 'server' and separate clients makes it all so > > unnecessarily complicated for the situation that 99% of users

Re: [Evolution] "Backend is busy" messages, all the time

2009-03-11 Thread Chris G
emory and processor power to spare doing nothing much but running Evolution. > See - http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347287 . > > - Chenthill. > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 14:42 +, Chris G wrote: > > Whenever I run evolution (well, when I run it from a terminal)

Re: [Evolution] Evolution-list Digest, Vol 44, Issue 17

2009-03-11 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:06:44PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 19:10 -0400, Michael A. Gilchrist wrote: > > U... no offense, but just looking at your instructions for > > changing > > machines makes me think that the design of evolution is a bit insane. > > I > >

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-11 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:11:45AM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > U... no offense, but just looking at your instructions for changing > > machines makes me think that the design of evolution is a bit insane. I > > really don't feel like what I want to do should be that difficult. I >

[Evolution] "Backend is busy" messages, all the time

2009-03-10 Thread Chris G
Whenever I run evolution (well, when I run it from a terminal) I see lots of messages like the following:- (evolution:20428): calendar-gui-WARNING **: gnome-cal.c:910: Could not create the query: Backend is busy (evolution:20428): calendar-gui-WARNING **: e-cal-model.c:1658: Unable to

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-09 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 12:40:14PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 16:04 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > > Running Funambol yourself may well be too complex, but the URL above > > is > > > to an already existing service. I use it my

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-09 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 10:29:06AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 13:53 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > > Funambol is the service and Genesis is a GUI for SyncEvolution, > > which actually > > > performs the sync between evolution and funam

Re: [Evolution] Problem viewing calendars on multiple machines

2009-03-09 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:11:42PM +0100, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > 2009/3/9 Michael A. Gilchrist : > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to use evolution for its calendar features.  I don't need > > anything fancy, but I do need the ability to use the same calendar on > > multiple machines.  I keep machi

Re: [Evolution] Evolution on xubuntu 8.10, date format wrong

2009-02-26 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 08:24:16AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:43 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:29:51AM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 19:07 +, Chris G wrote: > > > > I suspec

Re: [Evolution] Evolution on xubuntu 8.10, date format wrong

2009-02-26 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:29:51AM +, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 19:07 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > I suspect this may be a bit of a well known problem but my Googling > > hasn't come up with any good answers. > > > > I'm running GNOME evo

[Evolution] Evolution on xubuntu 8.10, date format wrong

2009-02-25 Thread Chris G
I suspect this may be a bit of a well known problem but my Googling hasn't come up with any good answers. I'm running GNOME evolution 2.24.3 on xubuntu 8.10 and the dates in the Calendar appear in US format, i.e. MM/DD/. I'm in the UK and want European format dates - DD/MM/. My locale is