[Evolution-users] Is this normal?

[Pete Biggs]

> 
> > Do you have anything else accessing the email store - another instance
> > of Evolution? A Thunderbird running on a different machine? An app on
> > your phone or tablet? An internet service that you have given access to
> > your mail? (I believe things like Gmail can use an external IMAP server
> > as can some of the other web based apps.)
> 
> I don't have any other mail readers on my main computer looking at
> those accounts. I have a gmail account open in firefox because they
> insist on oath2 which I haven't been able to get working in
> Evolution, but I don't access my sbcglobal.net accounts through
> firefox because their user interface is even worse than gmail. I have
> an evolution reader active on my laptop, looking at my sbcglobal.net
> accounts, but it's (necessarily) just sitting there while I'm in a
> different room using my main computer, and vice versa.

You should shutdown the Evolution running on other computer(s) - it is
not beyond possibility that they are interfering with each other and
confusing things - IMAP is supposed to be sensible about it, but it
depends on the specific IMAP server and on how things are configured.
You need to make things as simple as possible, so try not to run two
instances - at least not until you have narrowed down the problems.

> 
> 
> Is there a way to save just my settings — not a full backup — and
> install them onto a different computer?

The settings are possibly the issue. I know it's a pain to recreate all
the settings, but it will save time in the long run if things work
properly.

P.