Re: [Evolution] POP3 and deleting emails from server when moved locally?

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Sat, 2012-04-21 at 08:13 -0700, Bill Harris wrote:
> 1.  I set it up and imported my Icedove folders, and then I downloaded
> for the first time.  That gave me duplicates of everything.  Is there
> a command or plugin to eliminate duplicates, as there was on
> Thunderbird/Icedove, or do I have to do that manually/

Evolution 3.2 offers me "Message > Remove Duplicate Messages" after
"Edit > Select All". Not sure when this was added or if this requires
installing an additional package for 2.30 and on Debian.

> 2.  My second issue is much more important to me.  I leave emails on
> the server for various reasons.  If and when I do move some messages
> from the inbox to other folders or I delete messages from the inbox, I
> want Evolutiont Ito remove them from the server, but I can't figure
> out how to do that (it seemed easy on Thunderbird / Icedove).
>
> Any tips?  I've searched and found a few tantalizing hints that there
> might be a solution, but I haven't found the solutions.

"Edit > Preferences > Mail Accounts > Edit > Receiving Options > Message
Storage > Delete expunged from local Inbox". I don't think that this
still works after moving locally though.

> Besides, at some
> time, I'd like to have the emails on my own disk, and my past
> experience suggests that's not as easy with IMAP as it is with other
> approaches.

IMAP accounts have the option to "Automatically synchronize remote mail
locally". Also each folder in an IMAP account has the option to "Copy
folder content locally for offline operations".
I never understood the difference or combination/interaction between
these two options though.

andre
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