On Sat, 2012-04-21 at 08:13 -0700, Bill Harris wrote: > 1. I set it up and imported my Icedove folders, and then I downloaded > for the first time. That gave me duplicates of everything. Is there > a command or plugin to eliminate duplicates, as there was on > Thunderbird/Icedove, or do I have to do that manually/
Evolution 3.2 offers me "Message > Remove Duplicate Messages" after "Edit > Select All". Not sure when this was added or if this requires installing an additional package for 2.30 and on Debian. > 2. My second issue is much more important to me. I leave emails on > the server for various reasons. If and when I do move some messages > from the inbox to other folders or I delete messages from the inbox, I > want Evolutiont Ito remove them from the server, but I can't figure > out how to do that (it seemed easy on Thunderbird / Icedove). > > Any tips? I've searched and found a few tantalizing hints that there > might be a solution, but I haven't found the solutions. "Edit > Preferences > Mail Accounts > Edit > Receiving Options > Message Storage > Delete expunged from local Inbox". I don't think that this still works after moving locally though. > Besides, at some > time, I'd like to have the emails on my own disk, and my past > experience suggests that's not as easy with IMAP as it is with other > approaches. IMAP accounts have the option to "Automatically synchronize remote mail locally". Also each folder in an IMAP account has the option to "Copy folder content locally for offline operations". I never understood the difference or combination/interaction between these two options though. andre -- mailto:[email protected] | failed http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
