Re: [Evolution] Using multiple address books and multiple accounts

[Reid Thompson <reid thompson ateb com>]

On 1/7/2010 7:06 PM, James Pifer wrote:
> A second much smaller problem is this. I access a couple different pop3
> accounts. In thunderbird they were kept more separate. In evolution
> everything for pop3 goes under "On This Computer". Is it possible to
> separate pop3 accounts?
>
> Why would I want this? Well in thunderbird, if I'm in the Inbox on one
> of my pop3 accounts and compose new mail, it knows the right From/Reply
> address to use. Right now I have to remember to select it manually. I
> also like each pop3 account to have it's own structure for Inbox, Trash,
> Sent, Drafts, etc. Right now I have a couple filters that handle this
> and I created the structure manually. I also have an IMAP account and
> that one is separated from the others.
you might use fetchmail + procmail to do this, with each pop account mapped to a local evo account named 
appropriately.  I have something somewhat setup like this at work, with my home ISP email being 
pulled/processed and placed into an evo maildir account but leaving the email on the pop server to be actually 
downloaded at home later.