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 > <awill...@whitemice.org> 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 evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
