Re: [Evolution] How do I get evolution to see a file on the (remote) incoming mail server?

[Leonard Evens <len math northwestern edu>]

On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 13:02 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > I have been using my private computer at my office on campus as both 
> > an incoming and outgoing mail sever.  That computer uses spamassassin to monitor spam,
> > and it puts in in a file on the server !/Mail/caughtspam.  I can see that file
> > in evolution on my home computer.
> >
> > But I am being forced to give up my private computer and do everything on my 
> > department's public system.  I have set evolution at home to use the departmental
> > incoming mail server.  It also puts spam messages in ~/Mail/caughtspam, but I can't 
> > get evolution on my home machine to see that file.
> >
> > So how do I get evolution to see a specific file on the server?
> How are you connecting to the remote server? IMAP? POP? Exchange?
>
> If IMAP, then do Folder -> Subscriptions, select the server and then
> subscribe to the relevant folder.

Thank you.  I am using imap.  I did as you suggest and it worked.

> If POP, you can't - the POP protocol doesn't know about anything other
> than the Inbox
>
> If Exchange, then it should all be there automatically.
>
> P.
>
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Leonard Evens len math northwestern edu
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