Re: [Evolution] defining multiple mbox accounts with evolution

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> Sorry, I misunderstood.
> So if the mbox files are all in the same directory, I can have
> multiple mbox folders?

Yes.

> Now I have each of my email address with a different tree of mbox
> folders/files.
> They each have in the root directory the basic inbox, sent, trash,
> etc folders.

In that case they are different "accounts" in Evolution terms. 

> There are many more folders, some in the root directory, most below.

In the root directory of each email address? 

> So can I have a directory for each of my email addresses ?

Yes.

> And will folders in subdirectories be recognized ?

Yes.

> And how to create new/empty mbox files.

Right click on the account name and select "New Folder". You will then
be presented with a dialogue box where you can select where you want
the folder created and give a name.  For an mbox account the "folder"
equates to an mbox file. Because of the limitations of the underlying
Unix filesystem you can't create subfolders of a mail folder like you
can with Maildir (to do so would need the mbox file and the directory
to have the same name).

As I said before, you can't use this to create new subfolders (i.e. a
directory in the filesystem), but you can create new folders in a
subfolder.

> My existing software uses Mozilla style mbox.

It should still work - although if Mozilla stores specific flags in the
mbox, they may not be interpreted correctly.

P.