Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:35:58 +0200 From: Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl> To: Dennis Glatting <dg@pki2.com>, Frank Jahnke <frank.jahnke@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Evolution Issues Message-ID: <5357897E.7070205@rainbow-runner.nl> In-Reply-To: <1398187934.6440.103.camel@btw.pki2.com> References: <CA%2Brt2%2BqG0Ht3ZrVkmTNyWs4Mtgz%2BS%2BgO2KMhBe1qi6-6xmn4zg@mail.gmail.com> <1398187934.6440.103.camel@btw.pki2.com>
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On 22-04-2014 19:32, Dennis Glatting wrote: > On Tue, 2014-04-22 at 10:23 -0700, Frank Jahnke wrote: >> 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? >> > > I hope it has a future. I've been using it for a long time. That said, > the FreeBSD version is old but my understanding is the newer version is > dependent on GNOME3 libraries. Newer version of evolution of part of GNOME 3.12 correct, we got test port of these versions. I need to look into the upgrade path from 2.32.x to 3.x. Sadly while the new evolution is working for others there seems to be a monkey with a wrench somewhere on my computers ... I also need to see how standalone evolution is these days, because GNOME 3 is more tightly integrated to the different components these days then in the 2.x days. >> 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. >> > > I have issues on large number of mailbox messages -- slow, and my > mailboxes are on ZFS volumes with SSD caches. I couldn't say anything about this, because I have been using IMAP exclusively. >> 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! >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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