Re: [Evolution] Properly archiving Evolution data

[James Lay <jlay slave-tothe-box net>]

On Sat, 2015-08-01 at 06:15 -0600, James Lay wrote:
>     On Thu, 2015-07-30 at 18:32 -0600, James Lay wrote:
> >         On Thu, 2015-07-30 at 23:30 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 
> > > On Thu, 2015-07-30 at 14:23 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2015-07-28 at 23:05 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > > I guess you could create a Search folder matching the messages you 
> > > > > want to archive then save them all in an mbox file and delete them.
> > > > 
> > > > This would pretty much be my recommendation - create an additional
> > > > local account [MBOX or Maildir - PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU CREATE
> > > > IT] and move the stuff you want to archive to that account.  Then you
> > > > can go into Evolution and mark the account as inactive ...  until 
> > > > such
> > > > time as you need to access it again, then just toggle it back on. 
> > > >  For
> > > > backup of the archive you just make a copy of the account content 
> > > > [from
> > > > where you created it].
> > >
> > > Yes, that would be slightly more elegant than my proposal. Obviously
> > > the dummy account should never check for new email or be selected as
> > > the default sending address. In fact the sending and receiving servers
> > > should probably be set to dummy addresses.
> > >
> > > poc
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > evolution-list mailing list
> > > evolution-list gnome org
> > > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ...
> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
> > >         
> >         
> >         Thanks all...this has been really helpful and educational.
> >         
> >         James
> >     
>     
>     I tried this method of creating a local Maildir account....the account created just fine, but I was unable to copy or move any itemd into the Inbox.
>     
>     James 
> _______________________________________________
> evolution-list mailing list
> evolution-list gnome org
> To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ...
> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list

Yea disregard...can't move to inbox, but I can move to folders created in the inbox, so ya that works...thanks for the solution.

James