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On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Lev <[email protected]> wrote: > > X-No-Archive: > Well, on that machine I pop the mail from the server and it's stored > locally in the hierarchy of the ".evolution" folder inside huge > files. I know I can split the messages into sub-folders to reduce the > size of the files, but I have many existing filters that move the > messages into many folders already and it would be preferable for me > to switch to the maildir-style. > > > > On Jul 14, 4:34 pm, Bryan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Lev, > > > > This really depends on your MTA. You need to configure your MTA to store > > mails in the Maildir format instead of mbox. Mail gets stored in > > $HOME/Maildir instead of /var/spool/mail. The client logs into the MTA > > which drops the mail in the proper format and place. The client doesn't > > determine the format...the server does. > > > > If this is not what you're talking about then I'm confused. > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > Lev wrote: > > > X-No-Archive: > > > Greetings, I'm currently using the default mail client Evolution on a > > > Fedora system. On my system, Evolution stores the messages in mbox- > > > style files that get pretty large, and my back-up utility ends up > > > spending a lot of time copying the files even though there's only one > > > new message. > > > > > I'm wondering if there is a way to convert and make Evolution work > > > with a maildir-style storage system. I understand that KMail works > > > either way. > > > > > Any suggestion is appreciated. > > > > > Thank you for your interest. > > > > - -- > > A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux and more Linux. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpc+d4ACgkQh+MLjl5SKYRdQgCdFJIRk2Xj1gEIyM2yo0RQnzwj > > wfMAnRaowsHqtPXXm4S8x7AlnPaBoOUN > > =Seaj > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
