Re: [Evolution] newbie question - many accounts, one inbox - How???

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

Hi and welcome!

On Sat, 2020-08-15 at 19:01 +0100, rogercreagh wrote:
> I am in the process of migrating from Mac to Linux, and the one big
> thing I have been unable to find is a mail client as good as Apple's
> Mail for Mac.
>
> In particular I have several email accounts, and on the Mac you get a
> single Inbox, (and a single drafts, junk, sent and trash) all listed on
> the left. You can expand the inbox to show the separate inboxes for
> each account (and the same for the sent, junk, trash etc) so you can
> still view them separately, but the basic view combines them.
>
> In Evolution it seems that the accounts are entirely separate and you
> can't combine them functionally like on the mac.

That's correct for remote accounts (e.g. IMAP). Mail pulled from POP3
accounts would all end up under "On this computer".

> How can I (is it even possible) set up Evolution so it works in the
> same way as Mail on a Mac (which after many years of use seems
> completely natural to me)?
>
> I've looked in help, and searched through preferences, but can't find
> anything useful - possibly because I don't know what evolution would
> call it.

Check "Mail Management » Sorting and organizing mail » Advanced Options
» Using Search folders" if you only want a unified view but messages
remain in their actual accounts and folders).

Set up filters if you want to actually move messages across accounts.

Cheers,
andre
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