On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 20:13 -0700, Evolution List wrote: > Call me dense but I just don't get it. > > I create an account through the Tools -> Settings dialog right? Let's > say I call it My Account or some such. Within that account I go to the > Receiving Mail tab and select "Maildir-format mail directories" and then > enter a path to the directory I want to use.
Correct, > > All well and good. But I still have no clue as to what I did setting up > this account. I mean it can't retrieve any email not being a POP > account. It can't rightly do anything as far as I can tell. > It's _not_ supposed to. Its just a _container_. That's all. > Nothing has changed in the Evolution GUI to indicate that this account > is saving emails in a Maildir format directory or even where this > directory is at. In other words this directory does not show up in the > left hand folder pane at all. Yes it is. U just have to enable the account. But Its a bit kludgly in setting it up. For some unknown reason, Evo _does_ not create the folder for you. You have to manually (as least for me) create the ~/.maildir/ folder and then populate the dir with "cur","new","tmp". (This is usually done by the maildir mail-server) After that, it's a matter of, try and see. > > If I retrieve emails like normal through another account that is set up > as a POP account and they go into my inbox, then where does the My > Account show up on the folder pane so as to be able to drag emails into > it? Create a Filter or do it manually by dragging the mails to this new .maildir location > > You say to create a filter. Again all well and good but where in the > filter creation dialog can I tell Evolution to file emails into the My > Account folder. It doesn't even show up in the Move To this or that > folder liist made avaible to me within the filter. Well, seems like you're not successful in getting the folder to exist in the 1st place. As mentioned, it's a bit kludgy, but if you look at it long enough, it'll pop out at you and work :-) -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 14:22:02 up 5:07, 5 users, load average: 0.87, 0.50, 0.21 _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
