Re: [Evolution] Local vrs. Spool...
- From: "Norman P. B. Joseph" <joseph ctcgsc org>
- To: evolution lists ximian com
- Subject: Re: [Evolution] Local vrs. Spool...
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:37:35 -0500
Evolution 1.4.5 (at least) has descriptions of these options in the
Evolution Account Editor under the Receiving Mail tab. They are:
Local Delivery: For retrieving (moving) local mail from standard mbox
formatted spools into folders managed by Evolution [i.e., under
~/evolution/local/*]
Standard Unix mbox spool or directory: For reading and storing local
mail in external standard mbox spool files. May also be used to read a
tree of Elm, Pine, or Mutt style folders.
The first option "empties out" your /var/spool/mail/<user> file
periodically, copying those messages to an mbox file under
~/evolution/local. The second option reads and updates
/var/spool/mail/<user> directly.
There may be other, less subtle, differences between the two as well
which I may not be aware of. I've had the experience in the past using
the "mbox spool" option where I always had to click on "Send/Receive" to
check for new mail, as I could never get Evolution to do it for me under
that option. That behavior may have changed by now, but I've long since
switched to using the "local delivery" option.
-norm
On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 14:59, Sean M. Alderman wrote:
With the exception of the function of the send/receive action, what's
the difference between the local delivery and spool file option for
receiving mail?
There help docs don't seem to cover these options.
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Sean M. Alderman
ITRACK Systems Analyst
PACE/NCI - NASA Glenn Research Center
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