On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 11:35 +0200, Jeremy Nell wrote: > The last few days have been frustrating for me. I'm a newbie to > Ubuntu (of about two weeks). On Windows, I used Gmail via the > browser. After installing Ubuntu, I decided to give Evolution a shot > and like it a lot (since it's neatly integrated) > However, my bandwidth usage shot up to between one and two gigs per > day, and I had no idea what was causing it.
I find this very hard to believe Evolution is the cause of this. Have you verified this though any substantive means? Like Wireshark or, easier, Etherape? > Today, around 16 gigs later (after 10 days), it seems that Evolution > is the cause. I've done everything possible to find what's causing my > traffic spike, and everything points to Evo. "done everything" includes what? > My question is: how do you optimise Evo to use bandwidth efficiently? > Currently, it's connected to Gmail via IMAP+. I only have Evo > checking for new messages in subscribed folders (which is a handful). > It checks for new mail every minute (like it did in Outlook). > Advice / thoughts... There is no reason to check-for-new-messages if you are using IMAP+ with IDLE enabled. That is the *point* of IDLE; the server notifies the client of changes; the client does not need to poll the server. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
