Re: [Evolution] '--file' option?

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Thu, 2014-02-27 at 14:45 +0400, Emre Erenoglu wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
>         On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 11:07 +0100, Leon Zawodowiec wrote:
>         > Is it possible to open email files (.eml) from command line
>         with
>         > Evolution, the same like a new email? The problem occurs
>         when recoll
>         > returns a search result (which is a file in a filesystem)
>         and
>         > Evolution doesn't support anything like '--file' to open it
>         like
>         > regular message.
>         >
>         > Is it possible to do it in current release or take into
>         account in
>         > future releases of Evolution?
>         
>         
>         "xdg-open ~/whatever.eml" allows you to import emails into
>         Evolution.
>         Emails are normally attached to an email account and Evolution
>         is meant
>         to manage such email accounts, hence it offers you importing
>         "outside"
>         emails via the Import UI.
>         I don't see a large usecase for your example but patches are
>         welcome.
>
>
> This is a very common scenario in corporate use, many people save
> important email messages (ie a proposal from a subcontractor that you
> used in your own offer, etc.)  for future reference on a certain
> project folder, rather than keeping them in an archive.

...and that's why Evolution supports importing emails. :)

> So yes, it would be very good if Evo could do it.

Evolution can import emails, via its UI.

andre

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