-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/27/06 13:34, Owen Heisler wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 13:26 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 09/27/06 10:44, Owen Heisler wrote: >>> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 10:27 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> On 09/27/06 09:55, Owen Heisler wrote: >>>>> On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 23:24 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>>>>> On 09/26/06 20:08, Owen Heisler wrote: >>>>>>> I have set up a mail server using postfix and am using the maildir style >>>>>>> mailbox at "~/.mail". I have set up that account in Evolution and can >>>>>>> view/delete messages from that mailbox. I would like to create folders >>>>>>> in the mailbox as well. Is this possible with Evolution? Is is >>>>>>> possible with the Maildir mailbox style? >>>>>> Sure. Highlight the maildir "inbox" and right-click. >>>>> Evolution won't let me. The "New Folder" option is disabled. If I try >>>>> from another folder, then try to select the Inbox from the resulting >>>>> dialog, it still won't let me. >>>> Hmmm, it always worked for me. But then, I never used Maildir >>>> directly from Evo, but use IMAP. Courier-IMAP, in turn, "talks >>>> Maildir". >>> I guess I'll have to figure out how to get that working then. >> There are some good web sites showing how to do it. > > I did some more experimenting with Evolution, and found that if I make a > folder and then put the three folders in it (tmp, cur, new), that > Evolution will work with it. I guess Evolution just isn't smart enough > to do that itself.
It figures that you will use maildirmake(1) or use an IMAP server. > So it's all working now (I just have to make folders manually), except > for a weird ".#evolution" folder that Evolution creates, and trying to > get Evolution to put sent messages in a "Sent" folder in ~/.Maildir; > instead it keeps them in its own ~/.evolution. Telling Evo where to put Sent files is definitely configurable. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFGtNSS9HxQb37XmcRAj6FAJsGAfIW2Zu3cIW0jVMFPJO3w5xYxACgskUE 85AFvab8kzCltOJ6oT56054= =4QOv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
