Re: [Evolution] IMAP Namespace- evo version Debian comments

[Tim McConnell <timothy mcconnell comcast net>]

Thanks, 
Tim McConnell
<timothy mcconnell comcast net>



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> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:30:59 +0100
> From: Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>
> To: Volker Jordan <jordan ffm-one com>
> Cc: evolution-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] IMAP namespace
> Message-ID: <1263922259 7826 27 camel linux1>
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> 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.
Or you could just edit the etc/apt/sources.list with vi or gedit or your
favorite text editor. If you change the words "Lenny" to "Squeeze" ,
then run 'apt-get update' 'apt-get upgrade' from a terminal it will put
2.28 on the system. 
You can read
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/move-from-fedora-to-debian-778092/
 2nd page, post #8 for a more exact list of squeeze repos.