[Techtalk] [Fwd: Re: Evolution won't talk to IMAP server]

[Patrick Olson]

Oops, replied directly without including the mailing list...

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From:    "Patrick Olson" <compman42 at linuxusers.us>
Date:    Thu, October 16, 2014 2:41 pm
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On Thu, October 16, 2014 5:09 am, David Sumbler wrote:
> I use fastmail.fm for email, mainly because I can sort mail into folders
> on their server.

[snip]

> So how is it that, apparently simultaneously, 2 machines running
> Evolution suddenly and independently stop being able to refresh any mail
> folders?

If this is only happening with fastmail, perhaps it's related to this:

http://blog.fastmail.fm/2014/10/15/ssl-3-0-disabled-due-to-security-vulnerability/

Please note, this is based solely on the timing of their announcement,
which I saw the day before your question. I don't know much about the
particular email program you use, nor do I work for FastMail. However, I
figured this might be related to what you're experiencing.

On the other hand, if it's happening with any IMAP server, there must be
something that is shared between those two machines. Just as an example,
maybe they have similar/same SSL settings while the Android devices are
doing something different.

Hope this helps!