On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 16:16, Greg Macek wrote: > Agreed that the tools are indeed already there to do this myself. I may > end up doing something similar to what you describe below. However, > having a front-end to this would ease newer users to Evo or Linux for > that matter. That's all I'm saying. :-)
I thought the concept of archiving was a unix-only thing anyway. I don't know of any Windows clients that actually support it (well, I'm only "familiar" with the more popular clients - I'm sure somewhere there is a Windows mailer that does this but I don't think Outlook nor Netscape/Mozilla offer this). Jeff > > > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 12:08, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 18:33, Greg Macek wrote: > > > Are there any plans to implement an "Archive" function in Evolution? > > > This could really come in handy for people who have years of email (like > > > myself) stored, but rarely access. It would be convenient to have an > > > interface to this, perhaps zipping up the folders you want archived and > > > storing those files wherever you wanted. Then, if/when the time comes > > > you need something, you can un-archive the file back into Evo. > > > > - Create a new local account with a maildir or mbox store > > - Move to this account the messages you want to archive > > - Deactivate the account > > - Store away the maildir or mailbox wherever you want. Burning a CD > > comes to mind. > > > > Reading the archived mail is exactly as simple : create a new local > > account and select your archive as the maildir or mbox store. > > > > As a bonus, your archive is readable by anything that can read standard > > mailbox formats. For example, "mutt -f archive_file" will open it. > > > > The tools you already have can do more than you think. > > > > > -- > Greg Macek | Senior IT Manager > Marketing Resources, Inc. > 630.530.0100 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.mrichi.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
