The bug that is causing this is a GTK bug. In https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=597974
It was revealed that https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581150 was the cause. Please backport the fix from GTK! ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #597974 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=597974 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #581150 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581150 -- [karmic] attaching certain file causes evolution to choke taking more than 600MB of memory, while composing an e-mail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393534 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs