Re: [Evolution] mailsync questions/request

[Mathieu De Zutter <mathieu dezutter org>]

David Ronis wrote:

> Hi
>
> I've been using mailsync-5.2.1 to keep my mail folders on my laptop and
> desktop in sync.  It's been working perfectly and plays an important
> role in my work.  Unfortunately, I've had to switch to evolution as my
> mail client (I used vm under emacs before) and have had trouble keeping
> things in sync.  From what I can tell, evolution uses a standard unix
> mailbox format and mailsync DOES sync the files properly; the problem is
> that various index files under evolution aren't synced which causes
> evolution to complain when it's run (e.g., it says it can't save the
> mail folder even "after a sync", whatever that means).
>  
A solution might be to use a local IMAP server and let Evolution connect 
to it. That way you don't need to sync the index files.

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Mathieu