On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 11:22 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 10:45 -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 11:50 +0530, B S Srinidhi wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 15:40 -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > > > Evolution supports Maildir? This is news to me. > > > > > > > > How exactly do I tell Evo to use a Maildir instead of mbox? > > > > > > > > > > Its been there for quite sometime now. I use it for some of my 'test' > > > accounts on my machine. > > > > > > Create a new account and in "Receiving Email", select "Maildir-format > > > mail directories" as the "Server Type". Give the path to your maildir > > > and you are all set to access your Maildir "directly". :) > > > > > > If I remember correctly, Evolution does not support Maildir quota. It > > > doesn't seem to update the 'maildirsize' file. (someone please update me > > > if this works in the latest Evolution :) > > > > > > Srinidhi. > > > > That does not seem to allow me to retrieve my mail from a POP server and > > store it in Maildir format. It only lets me point Evo at a pre-defined > > maildir. Apparently it expects some other program to deliver mail > > there. > > > > So I still have the problem where the speed of navigating a folder is a > > function of how many messages are in it (the more mail, the slower it is > > to switch messages), because Evo is just seek()ing on a HUGE file, > > rather than opening a new file per message. > > A filter rule can move it from the mbox file to a maildir. >
Ok this is getting WAY too complicated. Please explain step by step how I would move my (HUGE) linux-kernel folder to a maildir. Lee _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
