Re: [Evolution] Ramblings, feature requests, what if's

[Ross Burton <r burton 180sw com>]

On 03 Apr 2001 22:03:23 -0700, Brian Lalor wrote:

> I've succeeded this evening in getting Evolution in a state that I find
> usable, to an extent. I'm sucking down mail from my main IMAP server
> with fetchmail, backing up messages with procmail, and letting Evolution
> sort them into folders.  Provided I've got my sendmail configuration
> cobbled together enough where I can send mail without screwing things up
> royally, I'm in good shape.
>
> My only real reservation about using Evolution at the moment is that I
> can't see where I can interact with the mail data in any way other than
> using Evo.  For example, I'd like to be able to use pine if Evo is
> unusable, and archive messages automatically using some kind of external
> script.

Why don't you let Evo look directly at the IMAP server, or clone the
IMAP server mail tree locally (there is a program on freshmeat.net to do
this, syncmail or something).  That way when Evo dies Pine or Netscape
can be used to read the mail.  My incoming mail comes from a POP3 server
which is then put on my local disk by fetchmail, then I run an IMAP
server locally so that I can use Evo/Netscape/Pine to read the mail.

Ross
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