Evolution

mhl · 09-08-2004, 04:16 AM

I'm exploring the various e-mail clients available to me under Linux. No problems so far with KMail and Mozilla Mail. I installed Ximian Evolution (running Mepis Linux 2004.01) and find that, although it works fine for POP3, it will not receive under IMAP. I have the IMAP details set up correctly, and there is no error message when I try to receive via IMAP - there's just no mail there even though I know there is, and can retrieve it via POP3.

Is this a known issue with Evolution? Any workaround? If not, then I'll quite happily stick with one of the others, or maybe try Thunderbird.

ppuru · 09-08-2004, 04:42 AM

after you retrieved tha mail with pop3, is it still there on the server? I mean hope your pop3 client does not delete the mail from the server after downloading.

If evolution does not pop up any errors, perhaps there is no mail for imap to retrieve.

mhl · 09-08-2004, 05:35 AM

ppuru

I sent myself a couple of test messages from another e-mail account, so I KNOW there are messages to receive. Evolution (IMAP) simply does not see these messages and receives nothing. No errors either. Then I switch Evolution to POP3 and it finds the test messages. POP3 clears them from the server, but only after I have run the test with IMAP.

When I repeat the test using other e-mail clients (KMail, Mozilla Mail), they receive the test messages OK via IMAP.

ppuru · 09-08-2004, 06:01 AM

Another question ....

I just configured IMAP on my evolution and was surprised to find it behaving exactly the way you described .... but then I realised my mail filters were moving the mails away to the designated folders ... not sure if this is the case with you too.

CroMagnon · 09-08-2004, 07:00 AM

Did you set the mailbox root for the IMAP account? Without this, the connect can succeed, but not show any messages (depending on the IMAP server). Most servers I've used on Linux use a root of INBOX or .INBOX

mhl · 09-08-2004, 08:20 AM

Bulls-eye, CroMagnon

Evolution appears to have a default inbox called "local folders" which has no relationship to my e-mail account. It has to be configured through Folder Settings to select/activate the account which I set up during installation of Evolution. This seems a bit perverse to me. KMail and Mozilla Mail do this automatically.

Anyway, problem solved, but I don't think I'll stick with Evolution.

Thanks for your help.