I'm sorry to say, as awesome as Evolution could be, I too get frequent crashes and freezes. Same scenario, with one SIGNIFICANT exception - I am forced to use the Exchange MAPI plugin to synchronize with the central IT Exchange 2007 server. Yes, I have to use MAPI, because our division relies heavily on Outlook's calendaring and scheduling tools, along with interfaces to Sharepoint (shudder - I have to maintain it). So, yes, I do have to have MAPI. Unfortunately, the client hangs at least a couple of times an hour or requires a restart to enable mailbox synchronisation so I can re-enter my password because for some reason the password is not being authenticated.. actually, I'll give a brief synopsis: Upon first opening Evolution, I usually have to enter my password.. no big deal.. things generally sync just fine. After a brief time, if I try and open mail, I receive a notice to the effect that Evolution cannot retrieve the message from the mail server If I tell it to resynch, I get an error that Evolution cannot retrieve messages. At this point, I can do one of two things.. go into the configuration system and tell Evolution to reauthenticate me from my account area or I can close evolution and reload it, which usually works for a few minutes. In short, the situation really, completely stinks. So, now I'm forced to use Outlook over an rdesktop connection, which is pretty much a pain in the arse, as I'm sure you can imagine. I would LOVE to have an email client that will reliably connect with Exchange 2007 and not have it come from Microsoft. Peace <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 3:46 PM, J <<a href="mailto:dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com">dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:52, Dotan Cohen <<a href="mailto:dotancohen@gmail.com">dotancohen@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On 8 July 2010 17:07, J <<a href="mailto:dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com">dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> None of these leave behind any clues in logs or elsewhere that I've >> been able to find. The only reason I haven't dumped Evolution so far >> is that I'm too busy at the moment to take the time to install >> Thunderbird or some other mail client and configure it to match my >> current setup. >> > > Backtraces? As I said, none of these leave behind any clues in logs or elsewhere that I've been able to find. That means no traces, no cores, no bad log messages, nothing. Also, looking at Launchpad and searching for the words "crash" or "hang" in Evolution reports gives me a total of 117 open bugs (in some stage of Open). Going over to Gnome.org and looking through their bug list, the word "crash" returns 493 bugs and "hang" returns 511 bugs. So 1000 open bugs for Evolution (that use the words "crash" or "hang") over at gnome.org... It would be nice if a hang (which is what I see more frequently) would generate a backtrace, but hangs usually do not. A frozen application can't generate that kind of report. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>