Re: [Evolution] a couple of issues

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 13:36, Danny Wilson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new user, having installed linux a few times but never really
> committing to it. Until now, and that was mainly due to Evolution.
> Anyway, I'm not sure what's been discussed already, but here goes...
>
> - Backing up. What's the best way to back up my mail and then get back
> to where I was if something bad happened, say a hard drive failure. Can
> I just copy a folder?

Yes.  Just copy them as normal files.

> - Is there a way to change the default columns or to change to columns
> in all the folders?

apparently 1.1.x has something like this.

> - Now this is probably a feature wish. When Evolution is automatically
> checking mail accounts I'd like it not to pop up an alert that I have to
> clear when it gets an error. Rather just ignore it and try again later,
> it's most likely the connection or the other server anyway and it's a
> matter of waiting for it to come good again. I'm sure this must bug
> other people with always on internet connections. The pop-ups could just
> come up when the mail check is manually initiated.

If the popups are there, it doesn't stop it checking later, so you can
just leave it there and ignore it.