Re: [Evolution] New Emails not showing

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2022-05-24 at 23:40 +0800, Netsol.link wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-05-20 at 12:13 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2022-05-20 at 18:25 +0800, Netsol.link wrote:
> > > Ok an other way (a bit radical but should work) is to save the
> > > inboxand all the sub-folders (i have a lot) as mbox and on the
> > > receivingcomputer delete all the emails in the inbox and all the
> > > sub-foldersandtheir content, empty trash and then import the
> > > mbox.
> > > not sure if Ishould also delete the 'send' folder as I'm not sure
> > > if it would beincluded in the mbox? Or I use webmail to trim down
> > > the emails tojustthose that I want to keep and then I can
> > > download
> > > the ones to keepfrommy devices (they all setup to leave mail on
> > > server). Only problem isthat I have 6 emails so have to
> > > login/logout 6 times!
> >
> > [Please don't top-post on this list]
> > To reiterate what Pete and Andre have said: the best solution to
> > allthis is to use IMAP. You say you're already leaving messages on
> > theserver, so there's no reason not to do this. You will avoid all
> > theheadaches of copying stuff back and forth, (mis)-using the
> > Backupfunction or futzing around with file internals.
> > If your mail service supports IMAP, that's what you should be
> > using.There is no reason to keep using POP if you have the option
> > ofchanging.
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> I did a complete restore of the whole hard drive and it worked
> perfectly (thanks Recuezilla - while I backed up a few images, I did
> not try to restore any so that was a good opportunity to use it and a
> relief that it worked!) I then spend a lot of time downloading and
> deleting/sorting emails so that both computer have the same emails. 
> Now I need to see if IMAP will work for me: 
> I still want 'Hard copies' on at least one computer. 
> I have 6 email accounts (3 different domains) that all download into
> one 'Inbox' (I do not want an 'Inbox' and sub-folders for each
> account)
> I then delete what is junk, read and respond (if needed) to emails
> and
> then move into folders/sub-folders what I want/need to keep.
> If I understand correctly how IMAP works, I will need to recreate my
> folder structure on the server, but I'm not sure if the all-in one
> folder structure I use on my hard drive is possible on the server or
> would I need to make one for each email account? and then when I
> access
> my emails, would I have to access one email account at a time? just
> like 'webmail'?

Each IMAP server will have its own folder structure for each account,
but you can create a single unified Inbox view by creating filters and
using The Search Folders tab in Evolution if that's what you want.

You can also synchronise IMAP folders locally. Not sure how that works
with a unified Inbox Search Folder as I've no use for that
functionality.

poc