Mine is just POP. Pretty bland. > On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 12:31 -0800, Tory M Blue wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Adam Tauno Williams >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 21:04 +0100, Jean-Michel Pouré wrote: >> >> Le lundi 20 décembre 2010 à 09:14 -0500, Darren Govoni a écrit : >> >> > 1) I now get frequent "error storing folders", "error generating >> >> > message list" >> >> > 2) It's so slow. It is always "Storing folder", taking almost >> minutes >> >> > to complete. Its on average 5-8x slower >> >> > downloading, storing and viewing messages. >> >> > 3) Its very buggy. When new messages arrive, they no longer show up >> in >> >> > the folder I'm viewing. >> >> >> You are not kidding, F12 Evolution 2.28.3 >> >> Pile of crud.. I use it because I need MAPI (or prefer it I guess). >> But I can't edit a distribution list without it crashing. It crashes a >> few times a day when loading in large qty of mail and I select to view >> or try to filter or something. > > You didn't say what your Evolution server type is. There are two > backends that can connect to Exchange: the Exchange backend and the MAPI > backend. > > The Exchange backend is actually very stable and works very well. The > problem with it is that it only works with Exchange 2003. You can't use > it with Exchange 2007. > > If you must use the MAPI backend then yes, it is pretty bad. I would > consider it proof-of-concept _at best_; definitely not even alpha > quality much less release. Some of that may be due to the MAPI > libraries it uses (these are from the Apache folks), and THAT is because > MAPI is a proprietary protocol that Microsoft was only relatively > recently forced to publish (by the EU); before that it was all trial and > error. But another part of it is that there doesn't seem to be much > priority on making it work well from the Evo side. Or maybe there > aren't people with the right skills and/or right equipment (an Exchange > server is obviously required, which is not something your average home > hacker has lying around). > > I've basically given up using the MAPI backend and switched to running > Outlook inside Wine (via Crossover Office). It crashes sometimes but > it's not much worse than Outlook on Windows, from what I've seen. > > My company is going to be moving from Exchange to Lotus Notes soon > anyway so the entire issue will soon be moot (for me). > > Anyone have a Notes backend for Evolution? :-) > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list >
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