On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 14:18 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 11:09 -0600, Ben Davis wrote: > > I'm currently using Thunderbird/Sunbird as my PIM managers, and I'm > > wanting to switch to Evolution because of its tight integration with the > > desktop. However, there are several things that are keeping me from > > switching at this point, and I was hoping someone might be able to > > provide some workarounds, solutions, or perhaps just suggest to me a > > different way of doing things. > > > > 1. IMAP seems VERY slow compared to Tbird. Sometimes when I switch > > from one account to another, I have to wait while it re-loads my entire > > inbox... Are there any options I can change to help speed things up? > > Evo is also doing a lot of local indexing, but I agree it seems > noticeably slower than TBird for IMAP access. It's also a *lot* more > brittle (quite frequently hangs while fetching mail for no obvious > reason) though recent versions are improving.
unfortunately, the problem is that our query to fetch summary info (info used to populate the message-list) is a lot less efficient because it queries for oodles more data than mozilla's (why? because users demand more functionality - like mailing-list filtering/vfoldering, attachment icons, etc which mean we have to query for the entire message header than than just a few bits and pieces of it) so sadly, this is unlikely to improve much. > > > 2. In Thunderbird, I have an IMAP folder for "Junk, Sent, Trash, and > > Drafts," and these special folders are configured respectively. I don't > > really like how "Junk" and "Trash" in Evo are simply VFolders that show > > me emails "marked" as deleted or junk. If I use squirrelmail to check > > my email from somewhere else, I then don't have a "Trash" folder to > > keep deleted emails, and likewise for "Junk". > > True. IMAP is better at "mark-and-expunge" deletion that "move to a > Trash folder" model, but it would be nice to have a choice (with TBird > you can do it either way, but you can't hide the marked messages). this is in bugzilla as a feature request item (don't recall the request # off the top of my head) -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.novell.com
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