Re: [Evolution] POP account problem

[Philippe LeCavalier <support plecavalier com>]

On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 12:41 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > After connecting to POP account i have seen below problem :
> > > 
> > > 1.I am not able to view all the folder available in my account.
> > 
> > Pop accounts do not have folders on the server.  You must create them on
> > your local machine.  Then, you have the next problem.
> > 
> > My Yahoo account have some folder (eg. INBOX, Sent Mail And folder
> > created by me manually in my account) and if i want to access my yahoo
> > account by using evo then i should get complete folder tree,othervise i
> > have to search again my personal folder mail from Inbox.
> > Which is so frustrating for me.
>
> POP as a protocol has no method of accessing folders: it gets mail from
> an INBOX and puts it on your local computer - that's all it can do.  The
> fact that you have folders on your remote account does not mean that POP
> can see them.  
>
> P.
Check if your host/account supports IMAP. That's what you want.

Phil