Whooops! Actually I also followed advice Conrad Steenberg (conrad-steenberg) wrote on 2013-01-18: #6 Another data point: In Preferences -> Mail Preferences -> HTML Message check the ''Never load images from the Internet" option
I'll bet that solved the problem rather than a change to evolution. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085107 Title: evolution hangs Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: To confirm the trouble wearch the internet for evolution hangs saving user interface Thanks, Dave. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: evolution 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Nov 30 11:36:36 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-12-03 (727 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=dumb PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evolution UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-23 (37 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/1085107/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

