First, thank you for the clear expanation on how Evolution handles the Maildir/ format. I did not know to look in that subdirectory for the three files, but indeed they are there. In fact, converting all the folders to maildir/ format creates an identical set of three directories for each respective Evo Folder, a nice touch.
On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 12:32, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 18:25, Robert Krueger wrote: > > Hi, > > This is my second attempt on this forum to get Evo 1.4 to work with > > mailboxes in the maildir/ format. I did get a useful suggestion from > > another member, which raised my spirits with something new to try, but > > still nothing works. > > I absolutely love Evolution, and am trying everything possible to get > > it to work. I have right-clicked on Inbox/Properties > > this just changes the underlying format of the folder from mbox to > Maildir, it doesn't do anything noticeable for the user. > > after you change that property, look at ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox > > it will now be a directory with cur, new, tmp dirs under it containing > your mail. > > that's all that option does. > > > , and set it to > > Maildir/ format. I also set that format generally under > > Tools/Settings/Mail Accounts/Receiving to Maildir/ format style from the > > original POP style. > > huh? that's not a global option to make folders into Maildir format if > that's what you were thinking... that just creates a new account that > reads Maildirs instead of POP. > > > Nothing works, yet if I bring up KMail and point it > > to the same directory, all the messages appear. I have done nothing > > different in the setup between the two MUA's. > > where do you expect them to appear in Evolution? my guess is that you > are just looking in the wrong place. > > > There must be some bug or something not explained, a "trick" perhaps > > that I'm not aware of. Whatever it is, can someone help me fix this? > > create a Maildir account, then do View->Folder Tree and look for a bold > node that has the account name you provided in the account editor. Huh? I looked all over, and I have no selection. I'm using 1.4. > > tada... you have a Maildir tree in your folder tree. > > Jeff > The only remaining question is that I am able to point KMail to the existing directory to see all the incoming mail, which currently is /home/robert/Maildir/. If I understand you correctly, I must now point PostFix and Procmail to deliver mail instead to /home/robert/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox, as evolution establishes the location for the directories instead of using already established directories. Is this true? One last thought. ( ooops...) If I apply the filters to the mail coming to Inbox, shouldn't I convert any other folders to the maildir/ format as well, or doesn't it matter? Thanks again for your clear and very helpful reply, Robert _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
