Hi Jeff, thks for replying. On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 09:58:12 -0400 Jeffrey Stedfast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As you discovered, her POP server is braindamaged (that's a technical > term). Right, my bad -- I guess _I_ was braindamaged too ;) > Luckily, we have a checkbox for braindamaged POP servers which > we gave a politically correct name: "Disable support for all POP3 > extensions" > > You can find this option in the account editor under the "Receiving > Options" tab (you have to be running a fairly current 1.4 release tho, > 1.4.6 definitely has it and I think 1.4.5 does too, but not sure about > earlier versions) You're right, I checked that option and evolution is working just fine now with that damned ISP. I suggest you either provide a tooltip for that option (eg. "if you're not being able to use POP with your ISP, try checking this option") or provide a help dialog... in my case it was an oversight, I didn't really associate CAPA with a POP extension at first (my bad, I know, but I guess this sort of problem might bite other users too, specially non-technical ones).
The feature was added last-minute to work around broken POP servers and we didn't have time to add it to the docs/etc. but yea, we will be adding it to the 2.0 docs.
Thank you very much for your fast and precise reply, now my girlfriend will be able to enjoy Evolution in its full glory =) BTW: it still doesn't offer any integrated anti-SPAM filters (like Thunderbird does), does it?
1.4 doesn't, but 2.0 will (the current 1.5 devel series already has it).
Jeff
Best, Andre > On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 09:52, Andre Costa wrote: > > Hi folks, first time around. I am following below the email I sent a > > couple of days ago to the Fedora ML, hoping you guys could lend me a > > hand on this. > > > > Let me know if you need more info. > > > > TIA > > > > Andre > > > > --------------- Begin forwarded message --------------- > > > > Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:42:05 -0300 > > From: Andre Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Fedora ML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Evolution refuses to work =( > > > > > > Hi, > > > > this is probably better suited for evolution ML (to which I have > > just subscribed), but maybe someone here has already gone through > > the same experience and will be able to shed some light: > > > > I installed evolution on my Linux box so that my girlfriend could > > read her email (I use Sylpheed myself, but I thought she would be > > pleased with evolution's bells and whistles). However, it refuses to > > read her emails, freezing for a while on the "send and receive > > email" dialog and then showing me the "Erro while fetching Mail: > > Cannot get POP summary: Operation now in progress" dialog. > > > > If I telnet directly to her ISP's POP server port 110, all seems to > > be fine (USER, PASS and LIST work). I captured traffic to her POP > > server with ethereal, and it seems the last thing evolution sees is > > "CAPA" command issued after she has authenticated (evolution tries > > another one as soon as it connects -- i.e. before authentication -- > > but this one is refused). > > > > If I try the same sequence of commands with telnet, server indeed > > takes a couple of seconds to retrieve capability list, and sometimes > > it indeed drops connection (which means it's not evolution's problem > > after all). It looks like her POP server is braindead. > > > > So, to make a long story short: can I tell evolution not to try > > 'CAPA' to workaround this issue? > > > > TIA > > > > Andre > > > > -- > > Andre Oliveira da Costa > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > --------------- End forwarded message ----------------- > -- > Jeffrey Stedfast > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
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