[Evolution] POP3 features / Re: Mail server doesn't show up

[Дилян Палаузов <Dilyan Palauzov aegee org>]

Hello,

RFC 1939  - POP3 says there is the DELE command, with which a client
can decide to leave the email on the server or delete it.

Greetings
  Дилян

On Sun, 2018-07-08 at 18:05 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > 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?
>
> 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.
>
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