On Wed, 2015-01-21 at 19:41 +0100, Milan Crha wrote: > On Wed, 2015-01-21 at 16:13 +0000, Steve T wrote: > > > > Is there a way of knowing which of those directories are currently > > being used? Some seem to hold very old data - eg the local_mbox > > latest entry is Feb last year. Is that an old 'pre-conversion' > > folder? > > > > Hi, > Edit->Preferences->Mail Accounts shows you a list of the configured > mail accounts. Delete some, and then the folder will be automatically > moved into the trash folder, as I said earlier. Even the backup of the > old settings (before migration to Maildir, corresponding to the > 'local_mbox' folder) is configured there. If you do not need that > backup anymore, then delete the account and the rest will be done for > you. I'm not 100% sure when exactly it'll be auto-moved to the trash > folder, but it surely will, once a background "service" will notice no > corresponding account configured for that particular folder. Also > check the account settings, the mbox type has there a folder, or file, > to which it points and reads mail from. > > In short, your On This Computer/... messages are stored in the 'local' > subfolder. The rest are custom accounts (and the special 'trash' > folder). > Hope it helps, > Milan > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Thanks Milan - I now see the tie in (and the link to the local_mbox) via the preferences. I'll try by removing the mbox first from the preferences, and take it from there. Thanks again, Steve
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