On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 21:26 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote: > Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 18:10 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote: > >> Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > >>> One of my important folders <Phred>, containing about 4000 messages, was > >>> moved into a subfolder of another folder and all the messages in <Phred> > >>> were deleted. The messages are truly gone; unchecking "Hide Deleted > >>> Messages" does not show them. > > > >> What type of account is Phred in? IMAP, maildir, or mbox, or .... > > > > Phred is in mbox form. > > > > I would prefer to get my folders into maildir form. How can I do this? > > > > Thanks - jon > > > > It's been a while since i setup my maildir.. so you might want to google a > bit/wait for another response but... > I think you can... > 1) back everything up :) in case below is invalid > 2) create a new account and choose type maildir for it > 3) select and move mbox folder(s) into maildir account > 4) configure incoming mail to be filtered into appropriate maildir folder(s) > > alternatively you can use the gnu mailutils mailmove command to move email > from > one mailbox type to another -- i.e. use mailmove to move the mbox files to a > maildir, then create a new account of type maildir and point it to the > mailmove > created maildir ( google mailmove/man mailmove ) >
I should also note, that File Empty Trash does not work for maildir folders. You will have to explicitly CTRL-E each folder when you delete messages in order to expunge them. _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
