Re: [Evolution] How to use maildir as storage format?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 13:32 +0200, Frederic Crozat wrote:
> Le lundi 04 aoÃt 2008 Ã 06:36 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan a Ãcrit :
> > On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 10:36 -0500, Miguel Angel CaÃedo wrote:
> > > El vie, 01-08-2008 a las 00:36 +0200, Philipp Riegger escribiÃ:
> > > > Having a file with about 1 GB is not that robust, and almost all
> > > > incremental backup methods store the new version of this file every
> > > > time.
> > >
> > > This two simple arguments should be enought to consider maildir as
> > > default for evolution
> >
> > I don't know about default, but it should certainly be supported. I
> > never understood why it was dropped in the first place.
>
> It isn't dropped, it works fine (apart from specific bugs).

Yes, I see it now. I hadn't expected it to be under the Server drop-down
when creating an account. Also, it appears to be impossible to set up a
POP account using Maildir local storage, which is probably what a lot of
people want (of course one could do it using Fetchmail, but that's
hardly user-friendly)

IMHO the setup wizard should separate two issues: how the mail is
fetched, and how it is stored locally (if at all). Mixing both things in
the same menu limits the possibilities and is confusing to the user.

poc