Re: [Evolution] Automatically downloading all e-mails from IMAP server

[Francesco Turco <fturco fastmail fm>]

On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 11:52 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 12:36 +0100, Francesco Turco wrote:
> > I have Evolution 3.12.10. I'd like to automatically download all e-mails
> > from my IMAP server every time I run Evolution, but the Send/Receive
> > button doesn't do that. It just downloads new e-mails, not old ones. I
> > need this for backup reasons. I read somewhere I have to use OfflineIMAP
> > together with Evolution. Is this true? Thank you.
>
> It's not necessary (though it is possible if you prefer it that way).
>
> Otherwise, set:
>
> File->Preferences-><account>->Receiving Options->Automatically
> Synchronize Remote Mail Locally.

I enabled that option in Evolution and then tried again with
Send/Receive, but it didn't start synchronizing emails. I even tried
with "Download messages for offline usage" and then "Work offline", to
no avail. Same messages couldn't be read offline. What should I do
exactly?