On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 11:51 -0500, Joe Klemmer wrote: > Synopsis: > Evolution hangs for 5 minutes or more when connecting to an IMAP > server, thus rendering email reading impossible. This happens with all > IMAP servers. The hanging "feature" does not exist under Thunderbird. > Does anyone know what causes this and, more importantly, how to fix it? > First, let me state that I have no problems, whatsoever, with EV 2 to IMAP. To isolate the problem, I suggest that you turn off all spam checking and then try. You need to un-check the junk check in receive options for the account and in mail preference in the junk tab.