Re: [Evolution] Merging Inbox/Outbox files

[William Farmer <wfarmer metamedia us>]

On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 14:57 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > I've got all of the old inbox emails restored now,
>
> You should remove the account that you used to look at the old inbox
> folder.
>
> >  but when I try to do
> > the same for the Outbox file I get two issues:
> >
> > 1) The message:
> >
> > Error while Storing folder 'INBOX'.
> > Cannot create folder lock on /home/wfarmer/Desktop/Outbox: Permission
> > denied
>
> Make sure you own the "Outbox" file and that you have write permission
> for it.  Make sure of the same thing with the Desktop folder.  Do you
> have the Outbox file open elsewhere?
>
> > 2) No 'outbox' folder shows up
> >
> > I'm pretty sure these two are related. Should I do something separate
> > for the outbox file?

Nevermind, I copied the wrong Outbox file. No wonder it didn't import
anything.

Sorry!

> The folder name in the left hand pane of Evolution for that account will
> always be "Inbox", that name is nothing to do with the name of the file
> - i.e. rename the file to 'abcdef' and it will still be called "Inbox"
> on the folder listing.  Evolution's idea of an 'account' does not fit
> very well with playing with a single mbox file.
>
> P.
>
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