Re: [Evolution] Using an IMAP Outbox

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 10:19 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 16:16 +0200, Sven Eppler wrote:
> > So, is there any way, to not send anything over sendmail or smtp but
> > when using the "Send" button in the message window to directly get the
> > mail moved to a certain IMAP-Folder?
>
> I don't think so, but note that you can post messages directly into IMAP
> folders from Evo. This bypasses SMTP completely as long as you have
> write permission on the destination folder.
>
> Message->Post New Message to Folder
>
> I've only used this a few times so I'm not sure what side effects it
> might have, such as not applying outgoing filters, not keeping a copy in
> your Sent Mail folder etc.

Forgot to add: there doesn't seem to be an easy way to use this to
*reply* to messages. I guess you could save your reply in a Draft, then
move it to the target folder, but it's not very elegant.

I also don't know what happens to Reply-To headers (necessary for
threading).

poc