no send/receive in evolution

[Amadeus W.M.]

On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:34:56 +0930, Tim wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 14:23 +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
>> My send/receive button in evolution is grayed out so unusable. Is there
>> any option to re-enable it? Anybody else seeing this?
> 
> You're probably "working offline," see the file menu on the main window,
> or the plug and socket icon at the bottom left of the main window.
> 
>> Also, sometimes when sending messages they just get stuck in the
>> Outbox. I'd have to click on send/receive, but I can't.
> 
> Again, probably the same thing.  You may have accidentally put yours
> into offline mode, or NetworkManager may have done so (it deciding that
> you're offline, so it puts your applications into offline mode, and
> mayn't put them back into online mode when you go online).
> 

That was it. There was a power outage in my area and I do have power 
backup for my pcs, but the router is not plugged into the ups. Before I 
turned the pc off, NM must have forced evolution offline. I didn't know NM 
had such powers. All is well now, thanks!