On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 06:18 +0000, Sharpe, Sam J wrote: > 2009/3/14 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com>: > > On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 17:42 -0700, Craig White wrote: > >> On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 19:42 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> > On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 16:30 -0700, Craig White wrote: > >> > > On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 18:28 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> > > > On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 17:13 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > >> > > > > On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:58:30 -0700 > >> > > > > Craig White wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Anyone else seeing this from evolution-2.24.5-1.fc10.i386 - > >> > > > > > after an > >> > > > > > hour or two on imap connection, I click on a message and the > >> > > > > > screen > >> > > > > > simply says 'Formatting message' but never goes further and even > >> > > > > > closing > >> > > > > > Evolution seems to be hung (it does a purge of all deleted > >> > > > > > messages per > >> > > > > > settings but never actually quits until I force it). > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Not that specific behaviour, but evolution is pretty much > >> > > > > impossible > >> > > > > to leave running regardless of which kind of mail connection you > >> > > > > use. > >> > > > > Something somewhere starts leaking like a sieve and it consumes all > >> > > > > resources on the system. I gave up on evolution and started using > >> > > > > claws-mail - it is vastly more reliable. > >> > > > > >> > > > I've had my share of Evo problems (and have reported a good few to > >> > > > Bugzilla) but I find the current version (2.24.5) to very reliable. I > >> > > > tend to leave it running permanently. I have two IMAP accounts > >> > > > (including this one on Gmail) and one POP account with less usage. My > >> > > > main complaint is that occasionally the Gmail account becomes > >> > > > inaccessible, but restarting Evo fixes it immediately. I ve already > <snip> > >> > >> I'm quite certain that this is not a GMAIL issue but rather an IMAP > >> issue and I'm currently testing it with TLS turned off to see if that > >> matters. Clearly I have a similar problem to yours if not the same exact > >> problem. > > > > I only ever see this with Gmail, not with my other IMAP account. From > > your description, I think you are seeing a different problem. In my case > > Evo is not hung and isn't showing "Formatting message". It just says > > there's an error contacting the server when I try to open a message on > > Gmail. Restarting Evo clears it immediately. This happens a few times > > per day. > > Ditto, but using Thunderbird and GMail/IMAP. > > Every so often I come into work to find Thunderbird prompting for my > Gmail password. When I supply it, I get a message saying > "imap.googlemail.com is not a valid IMAP4 server." - a thunderbird > restart cures this.
It was fairly clear to me that this is a problem with Gmail and not Evolution, and now you have effectively confirmed it. The fact that it's so easy to correct (even if it *is* Gmail's fault) is why I reported it to the Evo BZ. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
