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 (if another group here or on the lists is more suitable, please let me know!).
The system is FreeBSD-RELEASE 10.0, 64 bits, MATE 1.6.1, Evolution 2.32.1 (GNOME keyring enabled) given 10 GB memory / 300 GB disk running in a VMware Workstation 7.0 VM under Windows 7 (up-to-date) on a 64 bit computer with 20 GB memory / 256 GB SSD / 2 TB rotating disk. Everything else on the FreeBSD system seems to work fine. I have tried to use procmail/formail to clean things up without success.
- 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. If Evolution too is fading, is there a preferred email program that can replace Evolution (please don't say Thunderbird!)?
- Does Evolution have a size limit on any of the files (Inbox, Sent, etc.) it uses? Some of mine exceed 4 GB -- the smaller ones of 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.
- 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.
- Does the Evolution file import function append the imported file to an existing one, or does it overwrite the old file?
- 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 of 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 / 300 GB disk running in a VMware Workstation 7.0 VM under Windows 7 (up-to-date) on a 64 bit computer with 20 GB memory / 256 GB SSD / 2 TB rotating disk. Everything else on the FreeBSD system seems to work fine. I have tried to use procmail/formail to clean things up without success.
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