Re: Starting Evolution with work-online enabled

[andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:

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On 04/02/08 15:35, andy wrote:
  

Ron Johnson wrote:
    

On 04/02/08 13:36, andy wrote:
  
      

If one starts Evolution from the KDE kicker (as opposed to from the CLI)
it always starts off-line. I've reviewed as many docs on Evolution as I
can find, but cannot see anything that would enable me to configure it
so that it starts on-line. Has anyone ever been able to set this up in
such a way to work on-line when it starts up?
    
        

OT, but why are you using Evo with KDE?

  
      

Is there a reason why I shouldn't?
    

I guess it all depends on how much negativity you imbue into the
word "shouldn't".

IOW, you certainly *can* do it, but it's definitely sub-optimal,
since it's a deeply GNOME-only app.  "Things" would run smoother if
you ran a slightly-Gtk app like Icedove, and totally smoothly if you
ran the KDE MUA KMail.

But as far as your original question, I would not be surprised if a
gconf element needs to be set.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

  

The complete Gnome library is installed on the machine, and once the work on-line option is selected, the program seems to run well enough. Kmail is already in use and Evolution was chosen for business purposes because it is an integrated suite, with calendar, tasks, and email. Unfortunately, Icedove (T-Bird) doesn't have that level of integration and functionality.
The knack is knowing exactly *which* gconf element it is that needs to be set. I've gone through the system directory (~/.evolution) but there doesn't seem to be any conf files which enable that option to be tweaked. In fact, the Evolution developers seem to consider this a feature for those still on dial up, so that work can be done off-line. Personally, I would have preferred it to be an option that can be en/dis-abled.

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