On Tue, 2022-08-30 at 11:49 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > I've suggested in the past that we should change the terminology > > and > > call it something else, but so far no-one has come up with a good > > alternative name. Any suggestions would be welcome. > > > I agree entirely with you. I think the "backup/restore" is generally > abused rather than used - in that it used for things it was never > meant > to be used for. > > Even the real use for it (i.e. transferring settings to another > machine) is mis-used for syncing things between multiple machines by > some people. Yes, the argument of "it works so why not" is OK, except > when it no longer works when doing that and people grouch that > something broke. > > I would possibly go as far as to say that that particular > functionality > has run its course and could be consigned to the big bit-bucket in > the > sky. Perhaps take it off the main 'File' menu and change it to > something like "Save account settings" in the preferences and not > backup the actual stored messages.
I would support this, though I'm sure some people might be upset about it. No-one expects their browser to have a built-in backup method, so why should their email system? I don't think other MUAs do this. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
