Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:23:18 -0700 From: Frank Jahnke <frank.jahnke@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Evolution Issues Message-ID: <CA%2Brt2%2BqG0Ht3ZrVkmTNyWs4Mtgz%2BS%2BgO2KMhBe1qi6-6xmn4zg@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I have been using Evolution since version 1.1.99, and am trying to consolidate email messages from disparate computers into once place. I've run into a number of problems and I have had difficulty finding answers in the usual places. So I ask them here, as the BSD Forum readers seemed no to know any of the answers. 1. Does Evolution have a future on FreeBSD (or elsewhere)? I know that Gnome 2 support is winding down, and I've been using Mate mostly with success. Is Evolution too is fading, so that my time would best be used with another POP mail client? 2. Does Evolution have a size limit on any of the files (Inbox, Sent, etc.) it uses? Some of mine exceed 4GB -- the smaller ones on the order of 1 GB are easy to manipulate and work properly. The larger ones invariably have indexing issues, and I am unable to delete files from Trash. And yes, I do intend to break up the large files once I get them in one place if it is possible. It is also possible that some of the entries have been corrupted. 3. Does the entry order in the Inbox (for example) make any difference? I notice that even on files that can be manipulated, sometimes there are indexing issues when sorting by date. This particular Inbox file has dates that are not in order. 4. Does the Evolution file import function append the imported file to an existing one, or does it overwrite the old file? 5. Is there a good editor for dealing with large files? I have tried to use vi, and while it is able to read the file and search it (even if it is on the order of 5 GB), deleting text from a location to the file beginning resulted in a vi crash. The system is FreeBSD Release 10.0, 64 bits, Mate 1.6.1, Evolution 2.32.1 (gnome keyring enabled) given 10 GB memory/300GB disk running in a VMware Workstation 7.0 VM under Windows 7 (up-to-date) 64 bit computer with 20 GB memory. Everything else on the FreeBSD system seems to work fine. I have tried to use procmail/formail to clean the Inbox up without success. Thank you in advance for your comments!
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CA%2Brt2%2BqG0Ht3ZrVkmTNyWs4Mtgz%2BS%2BgO2KMhBe1qi6-6xmn4zg>