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Re: Evolution, a Maildir style mailbox, and folders



On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 10:27 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 09/27/06 09:55, Owen Heisler wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 23:24 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> On 09/26/06 20:08, Owen Heisler wrote:
> >>> I have set up a mail server using postfix and am using the maildir style
> >>> mailbox at "~/.mail".  I have set up that account in Evolution and can
> >>> view/delete messages from that mailbox.  I would like to create folders
> >>> in the mailbox as well.  Is this possible with Evolution?  Is is
> >>> possible with the Maildir mailbox style?
> >> Sure.  Highlight the maildir "inbox" and right-click.
> > 
> > Evolution won't let me.  The "New Folder" option is disabled.  If I try
> > from another folder, then try to select the Inbox from the resulting
> > dialog, it still won't let me.
> 
> Hmmm, it always worked for me.  But then, I never used Maildir
> directly from Evo, but use IMAP.  Courier-IMAP, in turn, "talks
> Maildir".

I guess I'll have to figure out how to get that working then.



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