Re: [Evolution] Keeping email on the server

[larry <lar3ry sasktel net>]

On Sat, 2022-08-20 at 00:10 +0200, Ángel wrote:
> The way to do it in evolution is almost like that. It's just that it
> is named "Save as mbox…"
> It's available either on File menu or in the contextual menu when
> right-clicking on an email.

Good to know.

> Strictly speaking, an email in mbox format is not exactly the same as
> eml (there is a harmless extra line at the top, and if the mail had
> lines beginning by "From " they would be quoted) but for most
> purposes (including what your ISP wanted) an mbox file would be
> equivalent.
> The emails in your normal Sent folder are what would be needed (Sent
> emails do have less headers, since some of them are added by the mail
> server itself).

Also good to know.

> As for what your ISP does... I guess there is some reason to avoid
> that a customer sends a large number of emails with the same subject
> (that could be an indication that the account is compromised and
> being used to send spam), but their implementation seems somewhat…
> peculiar.

I wouldn't have thought any of my email would have contained any words
in what I would call 'a large number', so perhaps my account is
compromised.

> You might be interested in migrating to a different email account on
> a provider which doesn't impose such restrictions.

That would be a big step. I think, now that I have the information
y'all have supplied (thanks, guys!), I'll leave it alone until I get
another blocked email for 'spam-like' reasons, at which time I will
have the means to deal with it with the ISP.