[Evolution] off-topic Re: Filters for Evolution

[Tom Davies <tomdavies04 yahoo co uk>]

Hi :)
With Ubuntu you can install a previous version over a more recent one without losing your data.  Even the settings for most things can stay unharmed and used in the older version.  It also works for upgrading to a newer version directly.

Run the normal installer but when you get to the "Partitioning" section choose "Manual", "Advanced" or (in 11.04) "Something else".  It's usually the last option of the 3 options given.  In some releases it's the 4th of 4 options.  The other options tend to have pretty graphics so it's harder to spot the one at the bottom that has no picture.  When you select it the drives get re-scanned so it's a bit of a scary moment if you haven't installed Ubuntu many times before.

You get to a page that shows a list of all the partitions on all the drives so this can be used to do a full install to a usb-stick or memory card.  It's also good for setting different partitions as different "Mount Points" such as a separate /home partition.  Note that one of the columns has a heading "Format?".  Any partitions that get formatted get wiped clean so if you make sure they are all UNticked then you keep all the data & settings on each partition.

Regards from
Tom :)

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From: Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>
To: evolution-list gnome org
Sent: Thu, 21 July, 2011 4:06:02
Subject: Re: [Evolution] Filters for Evolution

On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 18:00 -0500, Dave Kolars wrote:
> Currently using K-Mail, but thinking about switching to Evolution...
> MUST be able to filter messages into separate folders for individuals,
> both From: and To: -- have about 300 different folders for people,
> most have both To: and From:
>
> So, am testing it now, ver 2.30.3.

2.30.x is somewhat out of date, but only about a year so it shouldn't
matter much. The current version is 3.0.x and the previous one was
2.32.x.

> I sent an email, created a filter on the person, created folders, hit
> <Ctrl-Y> and no filtering.  What's up with that?  Quit program,
> restarted, etc. - the usual stuff.. I'm retired IT, so I've tried LOTS
> of stuff...

Ctrl-Y applies filters to *selected* messages. If no messages are
selected in the current folder, it won't do anything. Try Ctrl-A Ctrl-Y
to apply filters to all (visible) messages in the current folder.

> I have read a couple of messages that say to go to the Edit -
> Preferences - Mail Acct - Edit - Receiving Options - check the box
> that says "Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this server".
> Hmmm... I don't have that box to check!

That option is for IMAP servers. On a POP server it's meaningless.

poc

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