On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 19:09 -0700, Evolution List wrote: > So can someone please clarify for me.... > > > > In the old 1.4x, it used to be so simple to change from a Maildir to a > > > Mbox format, just with a right click. > > > Not this way, in any forseeable timeframe. The only practical way > > will be to have an option when you first start up to select the global > > storage format for all local folders, it wont be supported for > > individual folders. And there are no concrete plans for it even in > > the global form. > > If I create an account and instead of setting the account to POP for > receiving I set it to Maildir how can emails be retrieved under that > account (given that there are no POP settings in it)? > > I mean how does one work with emails in Maildir format through Evolution > in a practical sense? > > I have been trying and trying and dying to find out but have found > nothing on this anywhere even though Evolution is purported to support > Maildir. I am asking because all my old email under KMail is in maildir > format and I would like to get it into Evolution. Plus the fact that I > would prefer for my emails to be stored in Maildir format.
you could setup a second account for POP that delivered into those maildir folders... or... you could do the same that you would have done setting up the imap server (presumably using a fetchmail daemon to fetch it and deliver it into the maildir) Jeff > > Anybody? > > Thanks. > > Carlos > > > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
