On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 14:57 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > I've got all of the old inbox emails restored now, > > You should remove the account that you used to look at the old inbox > folder. > > > but when I try to do > > the same for the Outbox file I get two issues: > > > > 1) The message: > > > > Error while Storing folder 'INBOX'. > > Cannot create folder lock on /home/wfarmer/Desktop/Outbox: Permission > > denied > > Make sure you own the "Outbox" file and that you have write permission > for it. Make sure of the same thing with the Desktop folder. Do you > have the Outbox file open elsewhere?
I fixed the permissions but it's not importing the Outbox file at all. > > > > > 2) No 'outbox' folder shows up > > > > I'm pretty sure these two are related. Should I do something separate > > for the outbox file? > > > > The folder name in the left hand pane of Evolution for that account will > always be "Inbox", that name is nothing to do with the name of the file > - i.e. rename the file to 'abcdef' and it will still be called "Inbox" > on the folder listing. Evolution's idea of an 'account' does not fit > very well with playing with a single mbox file. > > P. > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
