Re: [Evolution] Evolution - mbox to maildir

[<rsv869 roadrunner com>]

Hi Pete -

Sorry - forgot to include that this is version 3.6.2

RV
---- Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk> wrote: 
> On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 21:56 -0500, RSV-RR wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:57:11 -0500
> > Matthew Barnes <mbarnes redhat com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 2013-02-19 at 22:10 -0500, RSV-RR wrote:
> > > > Is there a way to convert Evolution's msg storage from mbox to
> > > > maildir?  My wife has a very large amount of mail and it can be very
> > > > time consuming and disk intensive to manipulate mbox files, whereas
> > > > maildir or MH format seems cleaner.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts about this?  Good idea, bad idea?
> > >
> > >
> > > The local mail storage format has been Maildir since version 3.0.
> > Thanks for your replies...  
> >
> > Well...it's an interesting twist that it's maildir by default,
>
> Only if you are using version 3.0 or higher - you've never said what
> version you are using.
>
> >  but when
> > we recently set up her account (about two months ago) I imported mail
> > from Thunderbird, which I think is mbox format.  So is it right to
> > assume it would take those files and re-import to mbox.  Also, it's a
> > POP3 account.  Does that matter?
>
> If the mail is directly under "On This Computer" rather than another
> account, then it will be stored in the native format - which if you are
> using version 3.0 or later will be Maildir.  Prior to that version it
> will be mbox.
>
> > Actually this raises an interesting question that I never thought
> > of...how do I know what format is currently being used?
>
> There's no direct way from the GUI (the internal storage format is not
> usually, nor should it be, of any concern to the user).  You need to
> look in the Evolution's private folders to see how the mail is stored -
> the location of those folders is dependent on the version.
>
> P.
>
>
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