[TriLUG] Evolution and Exchange/IMAP

[Owen Berry]

Thanks for the links, but I'm using the IMAP interface to the Exchange
server, not the exchange plugin. Tried that briefly and decided it was
too horrid to even contemplate.

Owen

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Justin <xjparkerx at gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like a bug with the evolution-exchange plugin, known upstream from
> Ubuntu as well?
>
> Launch pad info:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-exchange/+bug/159401
>
> Gnome bugzilla info:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435371
>
> If you look at comments 15 and 16 on the gnome bugzilla you should see a
> suggested workarounds.
>
> Let me know if this helps!
> Justin
>
> On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 13:23 -0500, Matt Pusateri wrote:
>> Yes, I've seen that happen, more in older versions(1+ years) of
>> Evolution than newer(6months ago - when I last used it)   And for what
>> ever reason, Evolution seemed more stable on Ubuntu than Fedora, but I
>> never looked to see what code base they might have build from.   Also
>> while I haven't looked at it at all, Evolution apparently also has a
>> new exchange back end called Brutus, that may or may not be of use to
>> you.  Evolution has always seemed buggy, but it's a lot better than it
>> was!
>>
>> Also I think there is a duplicate mail plugin for evolution that came
>> in handy as I this problem seemed to cause duplicate mail items in my
>> IMAP folders.
>>
>> Matt P.
>>
>> On Nov 14, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Owen Berry wrote:
>>
>> > Anybody ever have any problems with using Evolution connecting to an
>> > Exchange IMAP server? I'm having weird problems where sometimes (too
>> > often) Evolution is not able to copy emails into folders. I don't get
>> > any errors - the email just vanishes and I have to undelete it from
>> > the Trash and try a copy instead (a copy seems more reliable). This is
>> > the first time I've had trouble with Evolution and an IMAP server, so
>> > I'm wondering if something funky is going on on the Exchange server,
>> > or whether it's a combination of problems from both sides.
>> >
>> > I'm trying with Thunderbird and so far haven't had any similar
>> > problems, but I have to admit that my preference is very much towards
>> > Evolution.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Owen (wishing for an exchange for Exchange)
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