Re: [Evolution] evolution features query

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> Thanks a lot - you have indeed cleared several issues for me! Here's
> the bit that's left:
>
> > > ? can't outgoing mail be saved to folders much like incoming mail?
> >
> > AFAIK there is only the way of using outgoing Filters. About the
> > auto-handling: It is just as automated as sorting incoming mails...
>
> This is quite horrible.
> In pine you had an extra header line on every outgoing mail where you
> could choose which folder the mail went to (sent/specific/nowhere).
> This makes a lot more sense to me than forcing one to have only
> auto-filters :(
> (btw pine would allow you to attach a default folder per recipient
> name, but you could change that per e-mail)
>
> I currently find this the single bothering short-coming of evolution :-(
> Any idea anyone whether this is going to be addressed at some point?

There where discussions about per-folder specific options, but I don't
know if this is still planned. At least this would be related.

> Anywhere I should file a request at?

Sure, feel free to file a wish in bugzilla -- but don't hold your
breathe...


> > > ? I have a work machine and a home machine sitting on ADSL.
> > >   Can I have them share the calender and address book and have only a single
> > >   copy on the work machine?
> >
> > You can not share them, but you can sync them. Please see the ongoing,
> > large discussion started some days ago.
> >
> > Sorry, I dunno what you mean by the "single copy".
>
> I have only one mailbox - my work one.
> I was hoping to hold a single file of contacts, and a single calender
> on my work machine, and have my home machine access and modify these -
> much as my home machine handles the mail sitting on my work machine
> from home.

Nope, this is not possible.

Even sharing those files on both machines probably is not a good idea,
unless you are sure to always have only *one* Evolution running at the
same time. (There are background tasks running even after closing
Evolution. Logging out or 'evolution --force-shutdown' do get rid of
them.)


> I'll read through that thread later today.

Watch out for posts with subject "Synchronising laptop and desktop
evolutions".


> > Evolution 1.4.x runs fine on Mandrake 9.1 -- cause Mandrake 9.1 ships
> > with Gnome 2.2 and the included Evolution 1.2 is one of the last
> > remaining Gnome 1 apps.
>
> pleasent surprise!
> just to make sure - if i upgrade the rpm from 1.2 to 1.4  none of my
> preferences gets clobbered. right?

Your preferences and accounts should be imported without a glitch. Just
make sure to not use both mixed for two reasons:

- The already mentioned background tasks may corrupt data unless
properly stopped too.
- The location of the configuration changed, thus any changes after
updating won't be shared.


> > > ? I've tried with no luck to import my pine addressbook.
[...]
> Only when I renamed it to the exact name used by pine (.addressbook)
> was the file auto-detected, and pulled in without a hitch.
> The kind folks may want to beef up the documentation a bit there..

Glad to hear that.

...guenther


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