Answering my own question On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 16:02 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 09:47 +0800, Not Zed wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 10:21 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > > > > The thing is like this, everytime evo needs to refresh messages, (mbox > > > format) it needs to re-parse/re-indexes the folders. (This is esp. true > > > for /var/spool/mail/$whoami folders.) I get hang up every so often when > > > new messages are in the mail folder. > > > > That cannot be avoided if you chose this slow method of accessing your > > email. > > > > You should be using 'local delivery' option and copying mail into > > evolution itself. > > Okay.. I just re-looked at the options and I just noticed the "local > delivery" option. > > Pardon me but I don't get the explanation. > > Standard mbox > For reading and storing local main in external mbox spool mail > > local delivery > For retrieving(moving) local mail from standard mbox formatted spools > into folders managed by evolution > > Does local delivery means it will check /var/spool/mail/`whoami` for new > mails and then move those mails from that spool directory to the > Evolution's "On This Computer" folder? (in the Inbox Folder?) > > Currently what is happening is, all new mails gets sent to mbox > in /var/spool/mail/`whoami`, I scan that mbox for new mails and filter > those messages to "On this computer" 's respective folders under "INBOX" > > Does this local delivery means, evo will sort of like POP the mails from > the mbox spool and automatically transfer the emails into "On This > Computer" (& the respective folders?) >
Okay.. I just tried this out and it seems like my last statement is true. I think this might just be better then. ( I learned a new thing today) But what happens to the Local Delivery Folder? It's still showing on the left pane and when I click on it, it keeps telling me.... "Loading" -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 16:21:11 up 7:04, 8 users, load average: 0.30, 0.45, 0.67 _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
