Re: Evolution, a Maildir style mailbox, and folders

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 09/27/06 13:34, Owen Heisler wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 13:26 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 09/27/06 10:44, Owen Heisler wrote:
>>> 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.
>> There are some good web sites showing how to do it.
> 
> I did some more experimenting with Evolution, and found that if I make a
> folder and then put the three folders in it (tmp, cur, new), that
> Evolution will work with it.  I guess Evolution just isn't smart enough
> to do that itself.

It figures that you will use maildirmake(1) or use an IMAP server.

> So it's all working now (I just have to make folders manually), except
> for a weird ".#evolution" folder that Evolution creates, and trying to
> get Evolution to put sent messages in a "Sent" folder in ~/.Maildir;
> instead it keeps them in its own ~/.evolution.

Telling Evo where to put Sent files is definitely configurable.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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