Re: [Evolution] Managing accounts

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 12:15 -0400, John Thomas wrote:
> I can't configure Evolution the way I need it.  I defined an account for my
> email service at mail.com.  Evolution contacted the server on the internet
> and set up the contact information.
>
> BUT, I use ChoiceMail server to fetch my mail and filter it through
> extensive White and Black lists that I have accumulated over several
> years.  When I set it all up, I chose to use POP mail.  I reckon IMAP was
> around at that time, but one didn't hear much about it.  It was all about
> POP3.
>
> So now I want to connect Evolution to my ChoiceMail server to get my mail
> after my personal filtering.  However, there doesn't seem to be a way to
> override the settings that were made for me.  I think I could change the
> server address, but not the IMAP/POP setting.
>
> I don't expect to be FORCED to do anything on Linux.  I am a long time
> power user.  This is disconcerting.

No-one is forcing you to do anything, but you don't say a) which version
of Evolution you're talking about, nor b) what these settings are that
you don't like, or how you want to change them.

poc