>From my experience, the factors that seem to lock it are below, and
avoiding all of them will avoid the locking.
1.) Large amounts of email on the local file system, regardless of
exchange server, will cause a lock. When moving a message from one
folder to another, it will give status of "moving to folder", but after
letting the application run all night long, you realize that it is
locked. Only way to avoid this as of now is to manually clear the
.evolution folder. There ultimately should be an "archive" utility for
this.
2.) Network Connectivity - if there is any lag in the network (wireless
flicker, etc.), it will lock, regardless of what you are doing. The backend
process locks, and you have to kill it from the system monitor. Most common
solution to this are below:
a) clear checkboxes for both contacts and global contact list from
autocompletion menu. If either are checked, the application will lock during
the typing of the contacts -- if either list has 100+ items in it. To recreate
this, you simply start typing the email recipients, and the backend process
will hang
b) synchronizing folders - if you try to do any folder sync
(moving items, deleting items, etc.) while large mail is sending, the
application locks. Attempt to move an item after sending a video file,
and you can recreate the lock 90% of the time.
c) multiple accounts - increasing the chances of the above, if you
have for instance gmail, another pop account, and exchange, your chances
of a lock are tripled --- the backend process may be busy with one of
the other accounts when you either send, type recipients, or sync.
Avoiding all of the above will reduce your locking to about once per
week, and adding any one of these will increase to once per day. Adding
all of them will increase to locking once every 10 minutes or less.
There was a point in time where mine locked after every email sent...
but i had all of the above. Looks to me like a "wait cursor" is poorly
written.
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Evolution hangs temporarily, for periods of up to 5 or 10 minutes, since late
in the Feisty development cycle
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107748
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