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

[Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>]

Am Dienstag, den 20.01.2015, 13:01 +0100 schrieb Francesco Turco:
> 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?
>
> _______________________________________________

Set up a filter for incoming mails to copy or move them to your local
account (after your other filters have run).

-- 
thomas