On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 19:40, m96 wrote: > you should use the 'killev' command to kill evolution, it will also exit > some other background processes, like wombat - used for calendar.
So, if I understand, you are recommending that, instead of File|Close or Exit, I should go to a terminal window and run killev instead? (If it makes a difference, I am not using the tasks and the calendar. Just using Evolution as a mail client and ancillary address book..) > > the only thing that i can imagine is that you are using imap and your > server is too slow. Not using IMAP. > > > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 12:34, Arthur S. Alexion wrote: > > When I try to shut down evolution, I get the persistent message that I > > should "please wait while evolution exits" (or something close). I > > understand that this is normal and as it should be, as evolution is > > doing some clean up and things as it quits, but most of the time, this > > remains on the screen for hours, and only goes away with a "kill" or > > window manager exit. This seems to be bad, because it interrupts the > > tasks that evolution should perform on exit (for instance, some settings > > changes that I make don't "stick" because, I suspect, I am "killing" > > before it gets a chance to.) -- Arthur S. Alexion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Arthur S. Alexion LLC _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution