Re: [Evolution] Gmail + Sent Messages to a local folder

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> > I'm sorry, I'm not really sure what you want or what you are having
> > difficulty with.
> ... no difficulty at all, but I would have liked to read some pros or
> cons concerning Gmail sent messages = local folder vs. Gmail sent
> messages = gmail.com server folder.

The question is not one of pros and cons. Gmail itself (not Evolution)
saves a copy of every email you send through it, independent of any
settings in Evolution.  So you *should not* tell Evolution to save sent
mail on the server for Gmail accounts - not only is it unnecessary to
do so, but I think it might well cause confusion when you have two
copies of every message sent.

For Gmail accounts you should configure Evolution to store sent
messages in a local folder, normally "On This Computer/Sent".

This is the advice from both Google and the Evolution team.

(If you don't use Gmail's SMTP server, then this doesn't apply.)

> Hoped we could have done this without getting wires crossed, as
> explaining Gmails physical folder structure vs. its virtualization might
> go off topic here ?

It is on-topic in so much as it might be necessary to explain some of
the odd behaviour of Gmail accounts - but it is not Evolution specific,
any IMAP client suffers from the same problems.

> Is it possible to attach a screenshot to another mail for the list
> here ?
You would be better using some image service and pasting a link - that
is the way to annoy the least number of people.

P.