[Evolution] Evo 2.0 + MailDir format

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 20:13 -0700, Evolution List wrote:

> Call me dense but I just don't get it.  
> 
> I create an account through the Tools -> Settings dialog right?   Let's
> say I call it My Account or some such.  Within that account I go to the
> Receiving Mail tab and select "Maildir-format mail directories" and then
> enter a path to the directory I want to use.  

Correct,

> 
> All well and good.  But I still have no clue as to what I did setting up
> this account.  I mean it can't retrieve any email not being a POP
> account.  It can't rightly do anything as far as I can tell.  
> 
It's _not_ supposed to. Its just a _container_. That's all.

> Nothing has changed in the Evolution GUI to indicate that this account
> is saving emails in a Maildir format directory or even where this
> directory is at.  In other words this directory does not show up in the
> left hand folder pane at all.  

Yes it is. U just have to enable the account. But Its a bit kludgly in
setting it up. For some unknown reason, Evo _does_ not create the folder
for you. You have to manually (as least for me) create the ~/.maildir/
folder and then populate the dir with "cur","new","tmp". (This is
usually done by the maildir mail-server)

After that, it's a matter of, try and see.

> 
> If I retrieve emails like normal through another account that is set up
> as a POP account and they go into my inbox, then where does the My
> Account show up on the folder pane so as to be able to drag emails into
> it?  

Create a Filter or do it manually by dragging the mails to this
new .maildir location

> 
> You say to create a filter.  Again all well and good but where in the
> filter creation dialog can I tell Evolution to file emails into the My
> Account folder.  It doesn't even show up in the Move To this or that
> folder liist made avaible to me within the filter.  

Well, seems like you're not successful in getting the folder to exist in
the 1st place. As mentioned, it's a bit kludgy, but if you look at it
long enough, it'll pop out at you and work :-)



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