[Evolution] Using Evolution with fetchmail and procmail?

[David Marsh <dm viewport co uk>]

Hi list,

Given all the attention that Evolution has been getting of late, I'd
like to try it out with consideration to using it as my main mailer
(given that it does *look* rather nice!).

I currently fetch my mail (from various accounts) using fetchmail, and
filter it using procmail.

However, I'm stumped as to how (or if?) I can get Evolution to fit in to
this setup? I have tried searching for information on this, but haven't
come up with anything. I apologise if this is an FAQ.


If it is possible to use Evolution with fetchmail and procmail, could
somebody perhaps explain to me (in simple terms!) how I can do this?

In particular:

What mailbox format should I tell Evolution that it should be looking
for (and therefore the format that I should ask procmail to deliver mail
in), given that Evolution seems to support various different mail
formats?

Where should I have procmail deliver mail to?
I tried using Evolution with my existing MH-style folders in ~/Mail, but
it didn't seem able to see anything? Similarly, asking procmail to
deliver mail (in MH-format) to ~/evolution/local/ didn't seem to work
either.

"How" should I have procmail deliver mail to <wherever> in such a method
that Evolution can understand it? The only potential clue that I have
gleaned so far from my web searches seems to be about having Evolution
access folders on a local IMAP server, but this would be an additional
layer of complexity that I would prefer not to have to (and don't know
how to) set up if I can avoid it.

I'm using Evolution 1.0.5 (ie, the version distributed with..) under
Debian 'woody' 3.0r0 if this is relevant.


Thanks for any advice,


David.


-- 
David Marsh,  Glasgow, Scotland. --+-+                                 |
 |-> email,dm viewport co uk       | +-> <http://www.viewport.co.uk/>  |
 +-> tel: +44 77-121-848-90        |                                   |
> Trim quotes b4 replying; Quote 1st, reply 2nd;  Ask b4 attaching files<
> I send documents as RTF for accessibility & virus-safety   ..do you? <