On Fri, 2020-01-03 at 20:32 -0500, James Toebes wrote: > Trying to find a workable solution to a mail retention policy. > > My primary machine is Evolution 3.34.2 on a Fedora 31 Machine. Project > work requires switching between multiple windows/linux machines. The > Windows machines are configured with Outlook (Multiple versions). The > Linux machines all contain Evolution. > > I have a large achive of PST files that I often have to reference on > each machine. All machines used have access to a network share where > the PST files reside. There are various PST files for Personnal, > Employer, Career Search, and Various non-profit organizations I work > with. > > Due to Email server storage limitations, privacy requirements and email > retention policies, the PST files cannot import or keep in the mail > account on the mail server. The PST files are regularly updated with > additions and removals. I.e Additions when a project switched from > development to production. Removals when a project is archived. > > So far, I keep several windows machines linked to the archives that can > eiter be directly access or RDP to for accessing the archives. The > problem is that PST can be imported to Evolution, but I have no way to > resync the changes. I thought about using libPST to develop a script > that would regularly import/export the PST files. Then I realized that > would be a sync issue nightmare. > > I can convert from PST files to Another file format. It would have to > be a format that could be opened in Outlook (2013 and later). It would > also need to be a file that coule be linked (not imported) into > Evolution. Due to personal prefences, I would prefer a solution that > would not have licensing restrictions so I can install it in all > environments. > > Looking for Suggestions and Ideas...
I would look at IMAP, which Outlook supports. It's possible to set up an IMAP server to share folders between users, with the ability to post messages directly into the folder (i.e. without using SMTP). I know Evolution used to support posting in this way but I haven't done it in many years so am not sure if it still exists. I also don't know how this would interact with PST formatted messages. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
