Author: Richard Danter Date: To: Tony Smith, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Evolution / Exchange - Missing messages
2009/1/28 Tony Smith <tony.smith@???>: >> Hi all,
>>
>> I am trying to use Evolution to get my mail from an Exchange server.
>> For a while all looked to be OK but this morning I noticed some mails
>> had vanished from my inbox. Looking via webmail and Outlook I can see
>> the messages are still on the server.
>>
>> I have tried a re-sync, tried deleting the account and recreating it,
>> and a couple of other things but nothing seems to bring these messages
>> back.
>>
>> Since the webmail interface is so slow and using Outlook means running
>> WinXP under VMware wasting lots of resources I would really like to
>> have Evolution work reliably. Anyone seen this kind of thing before
>> and know how to fix it and prevent it happening again?
>>
>> I have thought of using other mail clients but I have to be able to
>> manage my diary too.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Rich
>
> I was in this situation lately.
>
> Is the POP3 interface running? The solution was to fetchmail it via POP to my home server then host it from there via DIMAP.
>
> Remember, nmap is your friend
