[Evolution] Keystroke approach to "mark all as read"?

2006-01-29 Thread Peter N. Spotts
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[Evolution] Evolution and OpenOffice 2.0.1 -- attaching file for emailing

2006-01-29 Thread Peter N. Spotts
sume this is an attachment-window glitch in Evolution? Best, Pete -- ~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-45

Re: [Evolution] Keystroke approach to "mark all as read"?

2006-01-29 Thread Peter N. Spotts
allow a ctrl-something to mark all read without having to select all first. Best, Pete -- ~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115

[Evolution] Building 2.4.2.1 from tgz file

2006-02-07 Thread Peter N. Spotts
easy to deal with. With best regards, Pete Spotts -- ~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Offic

[Evolution] Evolution's icons

2006-02-10 Thread Peter N. Spotts
s? Best, Pete -- ~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ww

[Evolution] Problem syncing Tungsten E2 with Evo 2.6.1

2006-06-06 Thread Peter N. Spotts
er versions of Evo. But that requirement seems to have gone by the boards -- or has it? Any suggestions on what I should try next? Best, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02038 USA Office: 1-671-450-2449 | Office i

[Evolution] Modifying memo categories

2006-06-09 Thread Peter N. Spotts
that list down, as well as include the ones I'm used to using. Best, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02038 USA Office: 1-671-450-2449 | Office in home: 1-508-520-3139 www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net [EMAIL PROTE

[Evolution] Setting up text-only control buttons on Evolution 2.6

2006-10-14 Thread Peter N. Spotts
bound to Gnome that only g-c-c can effect the change? With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur radio

Re: [Evolution] Evo2.6+OpenSuse10.1+PalmTX=?

2006-10-20 Thread Peter N. Spotts
e. So the changes show up where they are supposed to. But why it hangs? Who knows? I have to say that Jpilot, although not integrated with email, seems to operate much more harmoniously with Palm PDAs than Evo seems to do, at least in my experience. Perhaps life will get better with 2.8! With best

[Evolution] OK, about that weather function under calendar...

2006-10-28 Thread Peter N. Spotts
Folks, Perhaps I read the manual a bit too hastily (searched for the word weather), but I can find nothing that tells me how to set up that weather function. Is that an active feature? Or a placeholder for a soon-to-be-activated feature? With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science

[Evolution] Appointment alerts in 2.8

2006-10-31 Thread Peter N. Spotts
to install some additional piece of software or something. I should say that the alarms popped up on my Palm Pilot after syncing yesterday. So I know somehow the alerts were attached to the appointments. (And I was on time for the appointments!) Best, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science re

[Evolution] Why do some transfered emails end up in Trash

2006-11-16 Thread Peter N. Spotts
in tow. Others divide the mail between the correct folder and Trash. Any explanations? With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Evolution] Looking for perspectives on Evolution for Windows and OWA

2006-11-18 Thread Peter N. Spotts
check for new mail? With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur radio call: KC1JB www.csmonitor.com | www.peter

Re: [Evolution] Removing Duplicates and Importing

2006-11-18 Thread Peter N. Spotts
nd. I'm no programmer, but I wonder if someone with the right skills could hack the T-Bird undupe plug-in and add it to the list of Evo plugins? Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-i

[Evolution] Sending email through Evolution Exchange to office servers

2006-11-19 Thread Peter N. Spotts
lly one-way? Or maybe the servers at the office are? Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur radio call: KC1JB www.csmonitor.

Re: [Evolution] Exchange

2006-12-13 Thread Peter N. Spotts
;Identity" tab. After I did all that, I got a folder tree for office email in Evolution's email-folder pane. And I can click-and-drag the office email into folders I have under On This Computer, where I archive them. Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Moni

Re: [Evolution] Error Expunging Folders

2006-12-17 Thread Peter N. Spotts
Rick, I don't get that error with any regularity, but on the odd occasion when it crops up, I shut down evolution for a few seconds, then restart it. It's a cludgy suggestion. But it works for me. Others may have a more elegant, long-term solution. Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science re

[Evolution] Filter-folder oddity -- case of non-displaying new mail

2007-01-09 Thread Peter N. Spotts
mail. And it's the only folder exhibiting the problem. Go figgah. Any suggestions on how to fix this? With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Em

Re: [Evolution] Filter-folder oddity -- case of non-displaying new mail

2007-01-14 Thread Peter N. Spotts
hen the folder flies south again. Odd it would be happening only with this one! Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur radio call: KC1JB

Re: [Evolution] Filter-folder oddity -- case of non-displaying new mail

2007-01-15 Thread Peter N. Spotts
ar in the inbox linked to my office account, I merely highlight and drag that office email into my "On This Computer" inbox. Then I put the filters to work "locally," and the work just fine. With best regards, Pete P.S. This approach also keeps the office IT people happy, 'c

Re: [Evolution] Filter-folder oddity -- case of non-displaying new mail

2007-01-16 Thread Peter N. Spotts
On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 11:30 +0100, Jules Colding wrote: > On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 11:00 -0500, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 17:06 -0500, Noble, Leigh DR. MATH wrote: > > > Peter: > > > I have also been having problems since about one week ago. I am us

Re: [Evolution] Is there a way to set forward to be inline always?

2007-02-22 Thread Peter N. Spotts
ok under "Composer Preferences" under Preferencece. It's there.. -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur radio call: KC1JB www.cs

Re: [Evolution] How do I migrate to Evolution from Thunderbird?

2007-03-07 Thread Peter N. Spotts
the correct folder. Others may have a more elegant solution, but this has worked for me... With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PRO

[Evolution] Changing default app for opening .doc files

2007-04-19 Thread Peter N Spotts
Folks, I'm running Evolution 2.10 on Xubuntu 7.04b; how can I switch the "preferred" app for opening *.doc files from abiword to openoffice's swriter? Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 6

Re: [Evolution] Changing default app for opening .doc files

2007-04-19 Thread Peter N Spotts
On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 10:46 -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote: > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 08:52 -0400, Peter N Spotts wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I'm running Evolution 2.10 on Xubuntu 7.04b; how can I switch the > > "preferred" app for opening *.doc file

Re: [Evolution] Changing default app for opening .doc files

2007-04-19 Thread Peter N Spotts
On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 11:12 -0600, Robin Laing wrote: > Peter N Spotts wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 10:46 -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote: > >> On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 08:52 -0400, Peter N Spotts wrote: > >>> Folks, > >>> > >>> I'm ru

Re: [Evolution] Changing default app for opening .doc files

2007-04-20 Thread Peter N Spotts
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 11:00 -0400, Chris Murphy wrote: > Peter N Spotts wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 11:12 -0600, Robin Laing wrote: > > > > > Peter N Spotts wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 10:46 -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote: &

[Evolution] Semi-phantom emails on exchange account

2007-06-08 Thread Peter N Spotts
xchange mail to show up in the summary window is to restart Evolution. Has anyone else experienced this behavior, and if so, what's the fix? With best regards, Pete Spotts -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office:

Re: [Evolution] Semi-phantom emails on exchange account

2007-06-08 Thread Peter N Spotts
On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 17:19 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 10:28 -0400, Peter N Spotts wrote: > > Yesterday, I noticed that mail-notification and Evolution's folder > > view would signal new mail in the office folder. But when I clicked on > > the folde

Re: [Evolution] Evo started asking for Keyring password every time I start Evo

2008-06-02 Thread Peter N Spotts
ogram at the moment... With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur-radio call: KC1JB www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net

Re: [Evolution] Evo started asking for Keyring password every time I start Evo

2008-06-02 Thread Peter N Spotts
s, > > ..hggdh.. Many thanks. I haven't opened a bug report yet because I want to rule out the loose-nut-behind-the-wheel syndrome first. With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2

Re: [Evolution] How do I rm irritating mail notification popup?

2008-10-22 Thread Peter N Spotts
x27;t connect to the account I've specified. And it remains icon-only unless I do a mouse-over, in which case it gives me a pop-up summary of unread emails. The pop-up remains only as long as the cursor is over the envelop icon in the system tray. Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science r

Re: [Evolution] Mail Notification.

2008-10-22 Thread Peter N Spotts
y until I've > read the new mail. > > thanks! > > gary > > Glad to help. And you can shut off the pop-up function as well if you want. Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor 210 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115 U

Re: [Evolution] Mail Notification

2008-11-03 Thread Peter N Spotts
g/mailnotify/ Just be sure to deactivat Evolution's notification plug-in. Otherwise, you'll have pop-ups all over the place! ;-) With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor 210 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449

[Evolution] Spell-checker underlines even the words correctly spelled

2008-11-04 Thread Peter N Spotts
.04. Has anyone else seen this behavior? And the fix? With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor 210 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur-radio c

Re: [Evolution] Spell-checker underlines even the words correctly spelled

2008-11-04 Thread Peter N Spotts
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:34:55 -0500 Matthew Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 10:25 -0500, Peter N Spotts wrote: > > Sorry if I've missed a prior post on this and any subsequent > > answers, but since upgrading Xubuntu from 8.04 to 8.10, Ev

Re: [Evolution] Spell-checker underlines even the words correctly spelled

2008-11-04 Thread Peter N Spotts
n after an upgrade, > with one language selected (or maybe just one English variant), that > every word can be underlined as red, but if you change the languages, > then change it back, then it works as per expected ... ? > > -- All the best, > Nick. > > ___

Re: [Evolution] Migrating from Thunderbird

2008-12-12 Thread Peter N Spotts
there, and you want to keep them, just drag them into your inbox, or wherever. With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor 210 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspo...@alum.mit.

[Evolution] Evo 2.24.2 and MS Exchange 2003

2008-12-18 Thread Peter N. Spotts
rname/pwd combo does connect me when I use my browser to access work email. I suspect I'm missing something so basic I will be embarrassed. It's been a while since I first configured exchange on the old laptop. But I can cope with the red face... With best regards, Pete -- Peter N.

Re: [Evolution] Evo 2.24.2 and MS Exchange 2003

2008-12-18 Thread Peter N. Spotts
On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 11:21 -0500, Art Alexion wrote: > On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 10:53 -0500, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I've just moved to a new laptop running Xubuntu 8.10. Same distro as on > > the old laptop. Now, however, I can't connect to

Re: [Evolution] Evo 2.24.2 and MS Exchange 2003

2008-12-18 Thread Peter N. Spotts
On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 11:32 -0500, Art Alexion wrote: > On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 11:26 -0500, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > > And just for kicks, I removed its information > > under /home/~/.evolution just in case the backups I transfered from my > > old machine somehow didn&

Re: [Evolution] Evo 2.24.2 and MS Exchange 2003

2008-12-18 Thread Peter N. Spotts
On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 11:54 -0500, Art Alexion wrote: > On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 11:41 -0500, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 11:32 -0500, Art Alexion wrote: > > > On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 11:26 -0500, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > > > > And just for ki

Re: [Evolution] Evo 2.24.2 and MS Exchange 2003

2008-12-18 Thread Peter N. Spotts
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:12:06 -0500 Art Alexion wrote: > On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 12:05 -0500, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > > Two alternating problems; can't find evo-exchange back end (so > > please restart), and failing to authenticate...Even after restarting > > Evolution

Re: [Evolution] Migrating from Thunderbird

2008-12-19 Thread Peter N Spotts
ge > Oh yes, and if you have TBird's Delete duplicates plug-in, run that on each folder, then compact the folder, before you send it across. Otherwise you run a chance of ending up with duplicate emails in Evo, which as far as I know has no provision for deleting duplicate emai

[Evolution] Where does evolution store account settings?

2008-12-19 Thread Peter N. Spotts
still reappears. Which folder holds the account settings? Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor 210 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspo...@alum.mit.edu | Amateur-radio call: KC1JB www.csmonito

[Evolution] Calendar sharing/synchronizing between two linux machines linked to the same wifi hub

2009-07-28 Thread Peter N. Spotts
endar material from one machine to the other periodically. But I suspect there may be a better way. Any thoughts? I'm using Evo 2.26.1 on each machine, with Ubuntu 9.04 (32 bit) on the old machine, and 9.04 (64-bit) on the newer laptop. With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science re

Re: [Evolution] Calendar sharing/synchronizing between two linux machines linked to the same wifi hub

2009-08-06 Thread Peter N. Spotts
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:37:05 + Han Pilmeyer wrote: > On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 10:15 -0400, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > > > Odd question: How might I go about sharing, or even synchronizing, > > Evolution calendars on two machines here at home? I have one laptop > > that

Re: [Evolution] Blackberry and Evolution?

2009-08-20 Thread Peter N. Spotts
on is to set up an account with Google calendar or a similar calendar service, like scheduleworld. They become the intermediary between your BB and evolution. I haven't experimented with Google fully, but I'm beginning to use it now. Google has a client you can download onto your BB for syncing purp

[Evolution] Duplicate and triplicate emails when downloading from var/mail/username

2009-09-30 Thread Peter N. Spotts
Any thoughts on how I can eliminate these duplications -- other than the delete key? ;-) With best regards, Pete P.S. Occasionally, a download also will trigger the reappearance of already read email -- as new -- and with several fresh copies. -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Ch

Re: [Evolution] attachment.dat

2009-11-04 Thread Peter N. Spotts
ow is that spamassasin > or bogofilter, so I've temporary disabled those plugins but I haven't > received a message yet to verify. > Anyone experience this or have any ideas? > Try this for converting the *.dat file to something readable: http://www.winmaildat.com/ With best

[Evolution] Error expunging folder -- in spades

2010-03-22 Thread Peter N. Spotts
mary files for the afflicted folder, but that must have been for older versions of evolution. I find no summary folders, at least using the filename convention the poster used. Any thoughts on how I can clear this up? My trash folder is getting mighty full. With best regards, Pete -- Peter

[Evolution] Evolution says it can't find exchange server, but is receiving and sending emails just fine

2010-10-28 Thread Peter N. Spotts
eceiving emails with no trouble. Meanwhile, when I try to close the error window, it pops back up again. I can't get rid of it. I've closed Evolution and related programs, then restarted. No joy. Any suggestions? -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor 210 M