Re: [Evolution] Using my mail folders with evolution

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 06:34, Dan Berger wrote:
> Ok - so a follow up question:  what directory structure is evo looking
> for to identity nested folders?

For maildir it looks for any directories that contain 'cur' 'new' and
'tmp' in them.  It will look past directories which dont too.

> Or, put another way - can I have an maildir source pointed at the
> ~/evolution/local tree?

That would probably not be ideal.  The evolution shell expects that it
owns that tree itself.

> On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 02:09:17PM -0500, NotZed wrote:
> > The best solution is:
> >
> > Have procmail use the 'maildir' folder format, and convert all of your
> > folders to maildir format.
> >
> > Then setup a 'maildir' mail source in evolution and point it to the maildir
> > directory.  It will automagically and transparently share the same folders.
> >
> > The 'spool' mail source can be used similarly for 'mbox' file format
> > folders, *however* _currently_ it does not scan multiple folders, it
> > only works for a single file at a time. (although you could setup
> > multiple folders this wayt, it is clumsy).  But mbox files have
> > other issues that make using maildir more attractive in this situation
> > anyway.
> >
> >
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > What is the proper way to access mail folders already available
> > > with evolution, without duplicating them?
> > >
> > > My computer is set up to receive mail (using fetchmail) from my
> > > ISP. The received messages are delivered by procmail. As I
> > > subscribe to many different mailing lists, procmail is configured
> > > to use many different mail folder, under ~/Mail. There are more than
> > > one hundred of them.
> > >
> > > I tried to import one mail folder in evolution, and what it has done
> > > is basicaly a copy of the mail folder under the ~/evolution directory.
> > > That is not the behaviour I want, as I will continue to use the
> > > mutt email client, at least for a while.
> > >
> > > Any clues?
> > >
> > > Romildo
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> > > romildo iceb ufop br                                           Brasil
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