Re: [Evolution] IMAP namespace

[Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>]

Am Dienstag, den 19.01.2010, 17:44 +0100 schrieb Volker Jordan:
> Am Dienstag, den 19.01.2010, 11:52 -0430 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > > I have evolution 2.22.3.1 connecting to a courier with maildir and I
> > > want that the inbox is in the same level as the subfolders.
> >
> > You can't change that from Evolution as it depends on the way Courier is
> > configured. IMAP by default has this organization (Inbox as the root of
> > the user's folder tree), but some implementations, including Cyrus,
> > allow the administrator to configure an "anonymous root folder" from
> > which all others, including Inbox, descend. Note that this is a
> > system-wide option, not per-user. I don't know if Courier supports it,
> > but if so you'll have to convince your admin to make the change.
> I know, that IMAP has this root folder, but in most mail clients I can
> tell the program the namespace and then they show the inbox in the same
> level as the subfolders. (even the MS mail client does this). Why not
> evolution ? What is this Override server-supplied folder namespace
> option for ?
> > PS BTW Evo 2.22 is fairly old. It wouldn't matter in this case, but the
> > current stable version is 2.28.x
> Yes, but debian only has this version.

You can build it yourself.
I could give you my "cooking recipe" for 2.28, if you are somewhat
familiar with building gnu software and using a terminal.


-- 
thomas