On Tuesday 01 May 2007 06:05, Jim Flanagan wrote: > Carlos F Lange wrote: > > I have used a ~/Mail directory since I started with 8.2. In every > > upgrade Kmail always recognizes the presence of that directory and > > uses it instead of ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail without any need > > for change in settings. It may adapt the *.index files at the > > upgrade, but it is completely transparent and all messages are > > there with proper status (read/unread, etc). > > > > Carlos FL > > I remember the /Mail or /mail folder in 8.2 as well, but lost that in > on or the other upgrades since. I still prefer that to the current > default location, but I guess as long as I know where it is, it > really dosen't matter. Does a GUI method with KDE/Konq work well > here, or should I use command line?
What I mean is that Kmail works exactly as in the default case. It just uses ~/Mail instead of the ~/.kde/.../mail folder. And you don't even need to tell it that. It just uses ~/Mail, if it is available. I have a huge folder tree with more than 40 top folders and a couple of 100s local folders for all my projects, collaborators, companies, approaching 3GB of e-mails that are valuable to me. I don't want that hidden in the bowels of .kde and risk it being altered by an update. I also want to back it up frequently, synchronize my home and office e-mail folder, and have it all in a default folder that, if needed, other email readers can see. All of this would be much harder with a hidden folder that may change place (remember .kde -> .kde2 ?). Using a visible folder also allows me to easily carry my important personal data around without worrying about copying data from hidden places (heck, my original Mail folder was migrated from a Sun workstation!). For the same reason I also started to use a visible calendar file calen.ics in Kontact, but this one I have to add to Calendar by hand every time I upgrade. I like ~/Mail so much that I create the folder in /etc/skel in every machine I install, so that all new users in my laboratory have that folder automatically in their new homes for Kmail to use and they don't even know this is not the default. But when they leave, they take ~/Mail with them. Carlos FL -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
