Re: [Evolution] Archive function?

[Greg Macek <it-guy mrichi com>]

Agreed that the tools are indeed already there to do this myself. I may
end up doing something similar to what you describe below. However,
having a front-end to this would ease newer users to Evo or Linux for
that matter. That's all I'm saying. :-) 

On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 12:08, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 18:33, Greg Macek wrote:
> > Are there any plans to implement an "Archive" function in Evolution?
> > This could really come in handy for people who have years of email (like
> > myself) stored, but rarely access. It would be convenient to have an
> > interface to this, perhaps zipping up the folders you want archived and
> > storing those files wherever you wanted. Then, if/when the time comes
> > you need something, you can un-archive the file back into Evo. 
>
> - Create a new local account with a maildir or mbox store
> - Move to this account the messages you want to archive
> - Deactivate the account
> - Store away the maildir or mailbox wherever you want. Burning a CD
> comes to mind.
>
> Reading the archived mail is exactly as simple : create a new local
> account and select your archive as the maildir or mbox store.
>
> As a bonus, your archive is readable by anything that can read standard
> mailbox formats. For example, "mutt -f archive_file" will open it.
>
> The tools you already have can do more than you think.
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