Re: [Evolution] multiple pop accounts and legacy archive

[Peter Wurmsdobler <peter wurmsdobler org>]

Hello Pete,

> mailing list headers. There's a "Reply-to-list".
Sorry, did not know that; found it now.

> a modern multi-account email system. I'm sorry your experience of it
> has been tainted by other MUAs twisting into something it was never
> designed to be.
That is certainly the case; I'll try IMAP then.

> No, that *IS* the Maildir format.  The Inbox is the top level with
> cur/new/tmp all other mailfolders are subdirectories with subfolders
> separated by a '.' 
Ah, I see, that is intended. Thanks for the explanation.

> Creating an account like this in Evolution does not automatically
> create any other mail folders - it is merely a method of pointing
> Evolution to a store of mail. 
Understood.

> > - create a maildir on $HOME/Mail/Received
> > - create a maildir on $HOME/Mail/Sent
>
> These are not consistent statements.  
Yes, I see that now.


- add a "Received" logical folder to my local
> If you mean a Search Folder (there's no "logical folder" in
> Evolution)
What I meant by that is a folder for an account that appears as say
"Received", but exists in the file system as `.Received`


> I would strongly advise that you don't mess around with what
> Evolution
> would consider its private working files. It will have undefined
> consequences and it is not unknown for file layouts to change in
> future
> versions.
Yes, you are right, that is perhaps better.

> Why do you have such an objection to the Evolution metadata? 
I would consider the emails as sent and received as primary data, any
other derived data as metadata which I do not want to backup or make
persistent; the metadata pertains to the view of the emails.

Kind regards,
peter