The (d)evolution of Evolution

[David Cary Hart]

On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 11:51 -0500, Joe Klemmer wrote:
> Synopsis:
>          Evolution hangs for 5 minutes or more when connecting to an IMAP
> server, thus rendering email reading impossible.  This happens with all
> IMAP servers.  The hanging "feature" does not exist under Thunderbird.
> Does anyone know what causes this and, more importantly, how to fix it?
>  
First, let me state that I have no problems, whatsoever, with EV 2 to
IMAP.

To isolate the problem, I suggest that you turn off all spam checking
and then try. You need to un-check the junk check in receive options for
the account and in mail preference in the junk tab.