Re: [Evolution] Pointing to my evo data on a Windows server

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

You can't really do it for the evolution dir.  You could try a symlink,
but if strange things happen ...

You can however store your local mail folders anywhere ...

e.g. you create a new 'account', but have it setup as a 'local mbox
spool' or 'maildir tree', and enter the path to the base of the folder
tree in the config.

It will show up as a new subtree in the folder list.

But you may run into problems with a windows drive as it doesn't support
the same file operations a native filesystem does, and things like case
sensitivity.

On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 13:41, Whil Hentzen wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've built a new box with RH8 and then upgraded Evo to 1.2 (which, by
> the way, has SO MANY nice little enhancements and speed boosts over
> 1.0.8!!!! It rocks!). So I'm ready to convert to using this as my
> primary email client.
>
> The one thing holding me back is that evo points to data on my local
> machine. A while back I asked about how to point to data on another
> machine, say, to /mnt/q/maildata/evolution, where (obviously) /mnt/q is
> a mounted Windows drive.
>
> Some folks said it couldn't be done. Others said, "Bah!" And someone
> else alluded to the idea of using a symlink (??) to point the local evo
> data store folder reference to /mnt/q/maildata/evolution.
>
> I understand the concept... but the details are beyond me. I don't want
> evo to reference /home/whil/evolution, but to /mnt/q/maildata/evolution.
>
> Any suggestions (detailed steps, pls) on how to go about this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- 
> Whil Hentzen <linuxnews hentzenwerke com>
>
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