On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 11:50 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Robin Laing wrote: > > >> you can clarify your objection to how it works. Is seems possible you > >> are taking about IMAP processing with the exchange server where the > >> messages remain on the server. If so I can see that the evolution > >> approach might be a problem. Is that it? > >> > > No IMAP in my case. Not allowed with the IT staff. Only OWA using the > > connector. It may have been fixed in the newer versions of Evolution > > that what was on FC4 but I have gotten into the routine of expunging my > > mail before closing Evolution after I had a stuffed inbox with moved > > (deleted) messages. At least messages marked for deletion. > > > > I will have to test again to see if this is working correctly in FC6. > > > > But the issue is when Evolution does it's tasks. They should be done > > immediately, not when Evolution closes. This brings up the question of > > how it handles crashes, just as mine did this morning? > > I think the problem is that the owa interface is very inefficient > compared to one like IMAP that was intended as a client API, so the > operations are batched. Be sure your company management knows that you > are wasting time getting your mail. Maybe they'll give you a laptop > with Outlook if they don't want to turn on IMAP. I'm trying to get our Exchange jockeys to look at Brutus (http://www.omesc.com/). Brutus is a platform-independent wrapper for MAPI (the "real" exchange interface). Fedora 7 includes evolution-brutus to connect Evo via a Brutus server. Anyone here have any experience to report? Thanks. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
