Re: [Evolution] imap and mh folders

["Andrea Dell'Amico" <adellam link it>]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:58:01 -0500
Dan Winship <danw helixcode com> wrote:

> > Hello all, I'm having problems trying to use the latest evolution rpms
> to
> > access an mh folder tree via imap (uw imap 2000 and 4.5).
> >
> > If I set "/mh#" as path in the imap preferences, every connection
> attempt
> > fails with an error like "incorrect parameters for LIST command".
>
> I haven't used UW imapd 2000, but in the previous version, the path
> would be "#mh", not "/mh#".

Yes sorry, it was a typo.

> Also, in the older version, the MH folder support didn't work very
> well, but maybe that's fixed in 2000.

The behaviour is the same.

> > If I leave the path empty I'm able to download my INBOX mail, but if
> > I try to access my folders to subscribe the Mail/* ones, evolution
> > scans all my home directory and hangs when, in .gnome, tries to
> > access the "home directory" folder.
>
> You could use "Mail" as the path, to make it start from the Mail/
> subdirectory instead of the top level of your homedir. But I don't
> know if that will work by itself without the #mh hack.

No, it doesn't work. Every mail is treated like a single mbox folder and
it's impossible to read anything.

The problem for me is that I have 300+ MB of mail in mh format, and
without a conversion tool a working imap is the only chance I have to
switch to evolution.

> If you do get this working, can you report back to the list so we know
> what to tell the next person who asks?
>
> -- Dan

ciao
andrea