Using Evo 2.28.3 and Ubuntu 10.04. I am beginning to wonder if any of our senior experts on this list have ever used Evolution's Contacts module. Perhaps address books went out of fashion when I wasn't looking, and Autocomplete is the flavor of the month now. There are some inexplicable things going on in the Contacts section, and have been for a long time, but we rarely see it mentioned.
At present I have 70 Contacts filed. All but three are individuals. Problems with the three that are "lists" were introduced in an earlier email message, and have not yet been resolved. Another topic :-) When I initiate a "NEW" email message, and follow the instructions in the Evo Help, as reproduced here, "Alternately, you can click the To:, Cc:, or Bcc: buttons to get a list of the email addresses in your contacts. Select addresses and click the arrows to move them into the appropriate address columns." then I get the popup window listing my Contacts. Unfortunately, it has *two* significant discrepancies. First, it only lists 60 of my 70 contacts. I have examined each one of the contacts that are being omitted, and the few checked or populated boxes in them do not differ in any discernible fashion from any of the ones that *are* being listed. "Personal" is the only mailbox choice in use on any of them. "Any" is the chosen category for all. Three elements are the maximum (and minimum) number used in all 70 Contacts: Full Name File under email address So the only conclusion I can reach is that the popup maybe is limited to 60 entries - can that possibly be true? The other problem, and I have posted it here at least twice with no responses, is that the system appears to be completely ignoring, in all cases, the sorting according to the "File under" field in the Contact entries. What it is sorting by is the *first name* of the Contact. Let me make this one very clear; when I actually move into the Contacts module, as in to do editing of Contacts, all the Contacts appear sorted by the "File under" field, as they are expected to be. It is only in the "SELECT CONTACTS" popup that appears when you are composing a new message and smack the "To:" field that they are being incorrectly sorted on first name from the "Full Name" field. BTW though I shouldn't have to, I will add that every single one of the entries in my Contacts *does* have the "File under" field populated. What really mystifies me is the apparent fact that I am the only user who has noticed these two things, so far. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can look for to fix these problems? It's always possible that they could be the result of something I am doing, or failing to do, though I can't see how. Or are they bugs? Or should I just shut up, forget about the popup and its sorting and omission issues, and rely completely on the Autocomplete feature? Thanks, Brewster -- *********************************************************************** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity *********************************************************************** W. Brewster Gillett [email protected] Portland, OR USA *********************************************************************** Simply because you don't like to hear it, that doesn't make it untrue. *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
