Evolution hangs while receiving data from imap

[jessesmith]

Binary package hint: evolution

Package: evolution
Ubuntu version: 9.10
Evolution version: 2.28.1

When downloading large e-mails (or e-mails with attachments) from imap servers,
the Evolution interface hangs until the message (and attachments) has been
completely downloaded. No progress is indication is shown. Once the message has
downloaded, Evolution continues to function normally.

This is generally only a problem if the connection is slow or the message is
very large. However, the interface being unresponsive also prevents users from
accessing other e-mail accounts, blocks the calendar from showing upcoming
events, etc.

Expected behaviour:
It would be nice if the interface had some sort of responsiveness to let the
user continue working. Or at least show a progress bar so it's apparent that
Evolution is still functioning and has not locked up completely.

Steps to duplicate:
1. Send a giant e-mail to yourself on an imap server.
2. Wait for e-mail to arrive in inbox.
3. Try to open the message.
4. Display locks up until message is downloaded.

Can reproduce:
100% of the time with any large message over imap. Other accounts, such as pop
do not seem to be affected.

Reported this upstream and was told a fix exists in Evolution 2.30.x.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=622002

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Evolution 2.30 is available on Maverick, please try with it and comment back.

[jessesmith (jessefrgsmith)]

Isn't Maverick 10.10? That doesn't come out for another four months. Seems a long time to wait to see if a big has been fixed.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

There's no need to wait until October to test this, you can grab a live cd of Maverick from cdimage and do the testing.