Re: [Evolution] POP account setting

[vijay singh <testmrs evo gmail com>]

On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:39 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 19:39 +0530, vijay singh wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 14:57 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > > I can see POP account database is not store under pop provider
> > > > (@home/.evolution/mail/pop) but it is under local provider
> > > > (@home/.evolution/mail/local).
> > > >
> > > > Why it is in this way ??
> > >
> > > Because the POP protocol downloads the mail messages to your local
> > > machine - after the download, the mail messages are to all intents and
> > > purposes local messages, hence the messages are treated as being local.
> > > This differs from IMAP where the messages are always held on the server
> > > and the local copy is purely a cached copy.
> >
> > What about the case when i have done message storage setting - Leave
> > message on server ??
> > In that case i am keeping message on server only.
>
> No, you are keeping a message on the server, but the version that Evo
> deals with is the local copy.  For instance, if you "keep messages on
> server" and delete the message within Evo, the message is STILL on the
> server; similarly if you move the message to another folder, the message
> doesn't move on the server (as it does with IMAP) - in fact POP has no
> concept of mail locations other than the INBOX. All POP does is to move
> mail from the remote server to your local machine.
Ok..
I am just summarizing the POP account handling based on your
explanation,please correct me if i am wrong anywhere :

When i configure any POP account in evo & connect it, it will fetech all
the messages from INBOX of POP account & keep local copy. (I have leave
message option checked).
I have set option in receiving mail option "Check for new message in 1
Minute", so in this case every 1 minute evo will connect to POP server
again & get the update for INBOX & update locally as well.

Let say i want to delete some specific message from server itself from
evo,what is the way to do.
> > > If you wish to store POP messages somewhere other than your local folder
> > > tree, then you need to use filters to move the messages somewhere based
> > > on their source account.
> >
> > In this case also finally i can see data base available under local
> > provider only.
>
> Because it is still stored locally - it's not on a remote server
> anywhere.
>
> > Why evolution will create pop folder it self if he is not using for any
> > storage purpose.
>
> Perhaps it's used for other things; perhaps it's just a legacy bit of
> code that's still being used.  An Evo developer would have to answer
> that.  
>
> My advice would be to ignore it, it's not doing any harm. My advice
> would also to be not too bothered about what's happening in .evolution -
> let Evo deal with it and don't fiddle with it!

if any one can give me more explanation on the same it will be more
satisfactory.
> P.
>
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