Re: [Evolution] Mail server doesn't show up

[Siv <g sivill com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>
> To: evolution-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] Mail server doesn't show up
> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:17:20 +0100
>
>
> The gmail account is imap.  It works.  The setup wizard chose pop3
> for
> the yahoo account.  I pushed the button to check for authentication,
> and
> it didn't respond.  So I tried imap (and changed the server address
> to
> imap.yahoo.com) and it responded quickly.  But the account still
> didn't
> appear in the left panel.
>
> When I push the button to send queued mail and refresh inboxes, it
> shows
> both the yahoo and gmail accounts in the progress window.
>
> POP accounts don't have their own entry in the side bar. POP as a
> protocol sucks mail from a server and the mail actually resides on
> your
> local machine - with IMAP the mail stays on the server.  Consequently
> a
> POP account (in fact all POP accounts) mail is in the "On This
> Computer" folders.
>
> As for changing the server type - it usually doesn't work well once
> things are setup. Try deleting the account and starting again.  You
> might do well to shutdown Evolution to let things catch up - you may
> have to go further (like logging out) since there are some background
> processes that may need to re-read the configuration.
>
>
> I think the evolution version is fairly old -- it's whatever is
> bundled
> with Scientific Linux 6.9.
>
> Unfortunately there are so many different Linux versions and distros
> out there that giving the distro info doesn't mean much to most
> people.
>
> P.
Actually reading the above made me double check the account types and
actually I lied, the account that is missing is a POP3 account (I had
it set up as IMAP originally when it was under Windows 10 and when I
switched to Linux Mint I must have selected POP3) so that would explain
why I can't see it, as under Outlook on Windows, the account does have
its own tree in the left-hand panel. I hadn't realised what the purpose
of "On This Computer" was. Outlook creates a tree for the pop3 account
as well as having "Personal Folders" which I assume is the same as "On
This PC". 

How does this work if you have multiple POP3 accounts do they all
appear as one amorphous mass in "On This PC"? I would think it makes
more sense for Evo to do it the same as Outlook as it's less confusing?

Siv