Re: [Evolution] How Best to use Evolution?

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 15:24 -0500, Neil B. Cohen wrote:
> I've been using Evolution for quite some time now. I use IMAP and keep
> most of my email on my server. Over time, I have created a number of
> folders (on the server side) and use filters to move mail into those
> folders. I'm curious to know if that is the 'best' way to use the
> program tho - would I be better off (and I'm not exactly sure what I
> mean by that :)) if I just left all the messages in my Inbox and created
> VFolders to group messages (I have one folder for this mailing list, one
> for Fedora Test messages, one for corporate email etc.). Is there any
> reason for choosing one approach over the other?

If you can do server-side filtering of your folders, that would probably be the best approach for you, client-side filtering is at best 'messy'.

And then perhaps some vfolders for, as someone suggested, mail from foo, or for global searching, or whatever.

I did some work which vastly improves vFolder memory footprint on a test branch (mentioned on the blood), but it looks like nobody cared enough to try it out, so i'm not sure i'll care enough to finish it off now.

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Michael Zucchi <notzed ximian com> "I'm stuck in a reality I can't imagine could be real." Novell's Evolution and Free Software Developer