Re: [Evolution] Getting Evo to work with Maildir/ format

[Robert Krueger <racsw frontiernet net>]

First, thank you for the clear expanation on how Evolution handles the
Maildir/ format.  I did not know to look in that subdirectory for the
three files, but indeed they are there.
  In fact, converting all the folders to maildir/ format creates an
identical set of three directories for each respective Evo Folder, a
nice touch.

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 12:32, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 18:25, Robert Krueger wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   This is my second attempt on this forum to get Evo 1.4 to work with
> > mailboxes in the maildir/ format.  I did get a useful suggestion from
> > another member, which raised my spirits with something new to try, but
> > still nothing works.
> >   I absolutely love Evolution, and am trying everything possible to get
> > it to work.  I have right-clicked on Inbox/Properties
>
> this just changes the underlying format of the folder from mbox to
> Maildir, it doesn't do anything noticeable for the user.
>
> after you change that property, look at ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox
>
> it will now be a directory with cur, new, tmp dirs under it containing
> your mail.
>
> that's all that option does.
>
> > , and set it to
> > Maildir/ format.  I also set that format generally under
> > Tools/Settings/Mail Accounts/Receiving to Maildir/ format style from the
> > original POP style.
>
> huh? that's not a global option to make folders into Maildir format if
> that's what you were thinking... that just creates a new account that
> reads Maildirs instead of POP.
>
> >   Nothing works, yet if I bring up KMail and point it
> > to the same directory, all the messages appear.  I have done nothing
> > different in the setup between the two MUA's.
>
> where do you expect them to appear in Evolution? my guess is that you
> are just looking in the wrong place.
>
> >    There must be some bug or something not explained, a "trick" perhaps
> > that I'm not aware of.   Whatever it is, can someone help me fix this?
>
> create a Maildir account, then do View->Folder Tree and look for a bold
> node that has the account name you provided in the account editor.

  Huh?  I looked all over, and I have no selection.  I'm using 1.4.
> tada... you have a Maildir tree in your folder tree.
>
> Jeff

  The only remaining question is that I am able to point KMail to the
existing directory to see all the incoming mail, which currently is
/home/robert/Maildir/.  If I understand you correctly, I must now point
PostFix and Procmail to deliver mail instead to
/home/robert/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox, as evolution establishes the
location for the directories instead of using already established
directories.  Is this true?
   One last thought. ( ooops...)  If I apply the filters to the mail
coming to Inbox, shouldn't I convert any other folders to the maildir/
format as well, or doesn't it matter?

Thanks again for your clear and very helpful reply,
Robert