[Evolution] Changing Evolution colours & contact list
Hi folks I'd be grateful if someone could advise where I can change the colour of email addresses. In a msg I find the default hi-viz green/yellow a bit sharp and would prefer to change it to blue or black. I read a post that one can access gmail addresses for contacts. I would be grateful if someone could explain how to do that. I am not so knowledgeable on changing configurations in linux I'm a truck driver not that clued up on IT things. many thanks James ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] New user - please clarify Expunge
On Sat, 2019-07-20 at 18:06 +0200, Ralf Mardorf via evolution-list wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:50:04 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > > this list is for _Evolution_, not Ubuntu > > The original request is not regarding Ubuntu, it's a valid Evolution > related request Thank you Sir for your kind words - despite other replies I thought it was a perfectly reasonable request as certain mail clients are designed to behave in different ways. > "I want to automatically delete messages over 24 months. Went into > Folder > Properties > AutoArchive (selecting delete old messages over > 24 months). That marks them for deletion but when I did a folder > Expunge it did not seem to clear them. So I am wondering how that is > to work. [I put all messages into the All Mail folder (rather than > inbox)]. Maybe there is a better method." Well I have found a solution but also seem to have found a bug (maybe) that other folk don't know about posting and reporting such things is the whole point of a mailing list. Initially just to tidy up one minor issue so it's clear to those who have never used gmail. "[I put all messages into the All Mail folder (rather than inbox)]." This was a bit confusing for those who don't know gmail. As someone said gmail uses labels and to make that clearer still there is one box for mail (All Mail) and other boxes receive mail that is labelled. e.g. a Sent email will be in the Sent box as a label has been applied but it will also be in the All Mail box (along with Spam, Rubbish/Bin, Starred etc which also have their own associated labels). They also have a label Inbox so all mail shows up there - unless in gmail settings you enter the option to immediately Archive mail which seems the best thing to do (go into settings and check box "if message does not contain" a certain word (any junk word) e.g. 'qhwtbdgefuinguthebtydkcng' Archive it. That works fine to save manually archiving which is a pain don't know why they bothered with the Inbox but there we are. All worked fine for the last 20 years that I've had gmail (tried aol and yahoo once but still think gmail is the best provider) until the last 6 months when they revamped the UI. The html version works irregularly with a browser (I use Firefox) as it often only shows one screen of messages. In evolution like all mail clients I looked up how to delete older unwanted mail. For each email address folder went to View > clic Show deleted messages. I went to Folder > Properties > AutoArchive (select over 24 months), clic delete old messages. Looking in All Mail one sees the deleted email and proceeds to Folder > Expunge... and the message at the bottom saying Expunging folder etc... seems to work ok. BUT when one scrolls through mail, deleted mail appears at the top or bottom I noticed (this does seem a bit odd). So either I had such a lot of mail it couldn't cope and perhaps can only delete so many records at a time... but I tried it several times and I still had deleted mail. I manually selected all the deleted mail in folder All mail and dumped them in the Rubbish folder. With the thought that 'Delete old messages' was not the right selection I tried clic 'move old messages to' select from window folder Rubbish BUT one cannot clic OK to close the window. Then tried as above but selecting the Spam folder and clic OK to close the window. That works fine as gmail deletes Spam every 30 days automatically (think that is the same with most providers). I thought my post was reasonable and no one has commented on the method. I've found a solution which may be the best way of doing things but the Expunge should work on a folder. james ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] New user - please clarify Expunge
On Fri, 2019-07-19 at 13:24 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > this is a list for Evolution development. Well according to the wiki this is the list for users. 'evolution-hackers' is the list for developers - I thought I was posting in the right place. james ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] New user - please clarify Expunge
Hi thanks for the reply On Fri, 2019-07-19 at 17:44 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > Hi, > > which Evolution version is this about? > Which mail account type is this about? (IMAP, POP, ...) The latest presumably as it came straight from the repos 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 IMAP > On Fri, 2019-07-19 at 16:08 +0100, James Freer wrote: > > I was pleased evolution installed without hitch but I am a bit unsure > > on the > > Expunge. I want to automatically delete messages over 24 months. Went > > into > > Folder > Properties > AutoArchive (selecting delete old messages over > > 24 > > months). That marks them for deletion but when I did a folder Expunge > > it did > > not seem to clear them. So I am wondering how that is to work. [I put > > all > > messages into the All Mail folder (rather than inbox)]. Maybe there > > is a better > > method. > > What is an "All Mail folder"? Is that something you created and you > move Inbox messages there via a filter rule? I assume you aren't familiar with Gmail. All mail goes into the 'All Mail' folder... even Sent mail (although a copy is put in the Sent folder). The google way of doing things. There is an Inbox and one can archive to All Mail but as you suggest I put in a filter (on gmail UI settings) to bypass it... just avoids having to manually archive mail. james ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
[Evolution] New user - please clarify Expunge
[xubuntu user since 2007] Hi After a few years of not using an email client I have decided to try Evolution. I receive quite a lot of mail as I belong to many groups. I did use Alpine to purge emails after a couple of years but gmail seems to change its UI and I have decided to look for an alternative. The choice is really between Geary, Thunderbird and Evolution... if one wants to read html (not that I want to but so many folk use it that a plain text only email client like Sylpheed is not for me). I was pleased evolution installed without hitch but I am a bit unsure on the Expunge. I want to automatically delete messages over 24 months. Went into Folder > Properties > AutoArchive (selecting delete old messages over 24 months). That marks them for deletion but when I did a folder Expunge it did not seem to clear them. So I am wondering how that is to work. [I put all messages into the All Mail folder (rather than inbox)]. Maybe there is a better method. Only a minor thing but I'd be grateful if someone could put me right. thanks james ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Newbie-questions
On 24 October 2016 at 20:22, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2016-10-24 at 10:17 -0700, Zan Lynx wrote: >> If Evolution hasn't yet, just sit down and document all of the file >> locations and DConf / GSettings keys. > > As already pointed out, push F1 and Ctrl+F, then search for "back" and > you'll get > > "Back up and restore" > > It mentions that you anyway need to backup bogofilter and spamassasin > directories separately, which make sense, since they are shared by > several apps. I for example use bogofilter with Claws and Evolution. > > On the bottom there is a link to > > "Data storage locations > This is only interesting for advanced users who want to debug problems. > Evolution 3.6 and later stores its data according to the XDG Base > Directory Specification. By default this means: > The user's data files > $HOME/.local/share/evolution > Various configuration and state files > $HOME/.config/evolution > Account settings > $HOME/.config/evolution/sources > Disposable data caches > $HOME/.cache/evolution > Configuration settings in GSettings > $HOME/.config/dconf" > > A backup of .cache isn't needed. > > I'm neither a fan of dconf, nor do I use gesettings, but it has got a > help option and a man page, if you really want to 'get' the values. > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ gsettings list-schemas | grep evolution > org.gnome.evolution.shell > org.gnome.evolution.plugin.face-picture > [snip] > org.gnome.evolution.mail > [snip] > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ gsettings list-keys org.gnome.evolution.mail > composer-magic-smileys > composer-use-outbox > [snip] > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ gsettings get org.gnome.evolution.mail > composer-magic-smileys > false > > My backup strategy is to backup /home completely, using cp -pr or cp -a, > resp. tar or tar -xattrs. I don't know if attributes are really > important, restoring from backups that didn't care for attributes never > caused an issue for me. Since I'm using a rolling release I don't have > to mess about distro releases. You could use rsync or what ever else, > but IMO it makes sense to copy the complete home directory. > > Regards, > Ralf Thanks folks - I'll use the provided backup feature. The way Evolution stores data is fine but i was unsure. It's similar to TB. Sylpheed makes life easy as it stores mailboxes for each email address in a named directory but Sypheed doesn't cope with reading html so well which is why I have changed to Evolution. One thing I have noticed is that whilst in evolution if I click on a link it invokes the Firefox browser rather than Chromium (set as default). There's a setting somewhere that i have missed. james ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Gmail integration w. Evolution
On 27 October 2016 at 18:48, Bart Vliegen wrote: > Thanks for the reply poc. You als have [Gmail] as a subfolder of your > account. > > Basically what I want is for my Gmail-account to be the single account / > folder in Evolution. So my Gmail inbox is also my Evolution inbox. This can > easily be done in Thunderbird, I am just looking for a way to make this work > in Evolution. > > I checked folder subscriptions, they won't accomplish what I want. > > Regards, > Bart I have set my Gmail accounts up to show All mail, Sent, Spam, Starred - just four which is the way I like it. The various labels irritate me so in Settings I have hidden them leaving just the four I want. I think you cannot have your Inbox as 'mainmail box' as inbox is a label like 'sent' is. This is where Gmail is different to other providers - for better or worse. I have used yahoo and used the Inbox as my 'all mailbox' which is what i think you are trying to do in Gmail. In Gmail 'All Mail' is your main mailbox. As for the Inbox i set a filter 'if the email does not contain the words "thtrftefdersewdfcgfv4356975" (some gibberish) - Archive. So all received mail goes into the All mail box (archived). james ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
[Evolution] Newbie-questions
Hi folks using linux xubuntu 16.04 Just started using Evolution. I'd be grateful if someone could just clarify a few points for me. - can I set the mailbox to ascending order rather than descending - using imap. Which directory is mail and settings stored in on the PC as I would prefer to do manual backups. Not sure what others do but when one installs the next xubuntu update I want to be able to copy the directory to remote hard drive and copy it back once new install is set up. thanks james ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list