Re: [Evolution] Coolest feature ever idea(TM) -- post 1.0

[David Durham <david durham wcom com>]

I concur... But the minimal configuration of what server to hit would
need to be stored locally... So it'd be a good idea (if we're to move in
this direction) to begin to put this information and another information
like that (username/pass) into a separate file that would be stored
locally where the rest of the info would be stored remotely... 

People have mentioned that it should be done over http or even ldap(I
dunno)... While perhaps support for this would be nice, I think the
point was, that 'the IMAP server is *surely* available, why not store
the information there'

-- Davy

On 09 Aug 2001 16:34:17 -0400, Stephen Blake wrote:
> OK, I have the coolest idea ever. At least I think so. This is
> definitely a post 1.0 feature, but it would be really cool. I think it
> would be great if Evolution could store your settings on an IMAP server
> in a special folder. Then in your preferences, you could specify get
> settings from IMAP server. That way, no matter what box you ran Evo on,
> you would always have consistent settings, vfolders, filters, etc.I
> think this would be sweet.
>
> I don't know how Evo currently stores your prefs, etc. But I believe
> it's in an XML file. So I envision some special folder on your IMAP
> server called __evo_settings__ or something similar. Perhaps you could
> even allow the user to specify the name to avoid collisions. Then inside
> that folder you would have regular old mail messages with special
> subjects like vfolders.xml, filters.xml, prefs.xml, etc. Evo would grab
> them, process as normal, and go on its happy and consistent way.
>
> The reason that I think this would be cool, is that I often use
> evolution to access my IMAP email from work or from home. I imagine
> other people do the same thing. Well, this is all fine and good, but I
> like to have the same vfolders, view settings, filters, etc. on each
> box. So whenever I change something on my evolution at work, I have to
> change the same thing at home. This little feature would alleviate that.
> What do you think?
>
> Stephen
>
>
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