Re: [Evolution] Storing messages

[Ángel <angel 16bits net>]

On 2021-03-17 at 22:23 +0100, Tor Harald Thorland wrote:
> It also seems like the export mbox is saving a folder or bunch of
> mails, not visually like an own mail account which you will get when
> opening / closing a pst.

In evolution exporting a number of mails to a mbox file does exactly
that: generate a file with those mails. If you want to view them as if
it was an account, you need to configure that separatedly:
File → New → Mail account, and in Receiving Email choose either
"Standard Unix mbox spool file" or -probably more useful- "Standard
Unix mbox spool directory".
This way you can create a new account which loads a mbox you previously
exported. Or, rather than going through that separate step, you could
add the account first and then move the mails there.

Regards