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

[Emre Erenoglu <erenoglu gmail com>]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:

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.

We don't need to import them, just to open and show. When closed, mail stays inside the disk folder, not in Evolution.

Emre