[Evolution] Help me switch to evolution

[Ben Davis]

I'm currently using Thunderbird/Sunbird as my PIM managers, and I'm 
wanting to switch to Evolution because of its tight integration with the 
desktop.  However,  there are several things that are keeping me from 
switching at this point, and I was hoping someone might be able to 
provide some workarounds, solutions, or perhaps just suggest to me a 
different way of doing things.

1.  IMAP seems VERY slow compared to Tbird.  Sometimes when I switch 
from one account to another, I have to wait while it re-loads my entire 
inbox...   Are there any options I can change to help speed things up?

2.  In Thunderbird, I have an IMAP folder for "Junk, Sent, Trash, and 
Drafts," and these special folders are configured respectively. I don't 
really like how "Junk" and "Trash" in Evo are simply VFolders that show 
me emails "marked" as deleted or junk.  If I use squirrelmail to check 
my email from somewhere else,  I then don't have a "Trash" folder to 
keep deleted emails, and likewise for "Junk".    I also like in Tbird 
how these special folders (including "Sent" and "Drafts") are displayed 
at the top of my folder list,  and have special icons for this.

3.  I've set my "Sent" folder to my imap folder in the defaults tab in 
acccount settings, but Sent email still only gets copied to the local 
"Sent" folder.  Is this a bug?  Also,  the folder I've set to "Drafts" 
isn't behaving like a Drafts folder.  When I double click a message in 
that folder it should open in a composer.

4.  Email is displayed before it gets filtered.  With Tbird, the email 
will get sorted into its respective folder before I even see it.  This 
is important for imap, when some operations are slow and in evo's case 
I'm left sorting through junk mail anyways, regardless of filters...

I apologize if any of these have been beaten to death with a stick.. If 
you want to refer me to other conversations about this that would be 
fine too :-)