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

[Siv <g sivill com>]

> POP means "post office protocol". The concept behind it is that it
> works like the post office: you have a mailbox in the post office
> that
> all your mail is delivered into and you retrieve it from there.
> That's
> all it does. You can go and get your mail and parcels from USPS or
> UPS
> or whoever but they all end up in the same place - your hands! (It's
> a
> 30 year old protocol, give me some slack!)
>
> That is why Evolution puts everything into your Inbox "On this
> Computer" ready for you to sort through (either physically or
> automatically).  All Outlook is doing is automatically sorting it
> whether you want it to or not.
>
> P.

Pete,

Thanks for the explanation, given that I only have 1 POP3 account I
will just treat "On this computer" as that account. I may redo the
account as IMAP like it was originally as I am not sure why I selected
the POP3 version when I switched to Linux. Particularly as the
filtering idea sounds a bit complex.

Siv