This may be what I do, but for now (and rest of a very busy December), I'm looking for an easier way. I guess that may be a monthly combing my email to see what needs to be saved, then copying it to a folder. I admit, I have been fat, dumb and happy for too long, and should have been doing this all along, but...
Dave, On Wed, Dec 2, 2015, at 02:36 PM, Reid Thompson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-12-02 at 14:03 -0500, Paul Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 2015-12-02 at 13:48 -0500, dave boland wrote: > > > Thanks for the insight. There is an IMAP option in Evolution to > > > synchronize the email, but I have not found much info about this > > > option. > > > Does anyone know what it does and the pros/cons? > > > > > > My objective is to have a local copy (on my computer or email server) > > > of > > > all sent and received email, while leaving about 4 months worth on the > > > isp server for remote use. periodically, I take the email from the > > > inbox and sent and place them in subject folders. > > > > > > My question is how do I do that with Evolution, or any email > > > application? > > > > Different email applications have different facilities so I can't speak > > to them all. This isn't a capability supported by the IMAP protocol. > > > > For Evolution, one option is to select all the messages you want to > > archive and drag them to your "On This Computer" INBOX which should copy > > them onto your local disk. Then you can delete those selected files > > from your IMAP account. > > > > You can make new folders in the "On This Computer" with dates and copy > > all the email up to that date to that folder, or whatever. > > > > I have not ever tried this, note. You shouldn't delete email from your > > server until you've verified it's all present as expected in the local > > folders. > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution-list mailing list > > evolution-list@gnome.org > > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > > > i think you could probably create a filter to copy all incoming email to > a local maildir email account > Note though that if an email client other than evo *sees* the email > first, then when evo downloads it it will not by default process the > email through filters ( as it is not *new*), you'd have to manually > force the email to be filtered (highlight and CTRL-Y, etc) > > alternatively > > i do this for my fastmail account via fetchmail and procmail > > you would want to read up on and understand fetchmail and procmail > if you wish to attempt it, google has numerous *tutorials* etc... > i've pulled some pertinent information from my config below. > the MAILDIR listed below is then configured as an account in evolution > > > $ sudo cat /etc/fetchmailrc > # Configuration created Thu Jul 23 09:44:11 2009 by fetchmailconf 1.54 > $Revision: 5165 $ > set postmaster "rthompso" > set bouncemail > set no spambounce > set properties "" > #set daemon 120 > set daemon 60 > # see /var/log/mail/current > set syslog > #set idfile /var/lib/fetchmail/.fetchids ## they are here > > ...snip... > > poll mail.messagingengine.com with proto IMAP bad-header accept interval > 2 > user 'myemaila...@fastmail.fm' there with password 'mypassword' is > 'rthompso' here options ssl fetchall mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" > > ...snip... > > ---------end of fetchmailrc cat ----- > > > > NOTE: in the information below > MAILDIR=$HOME/.maildir-sent/ is a maildir format folder > you can use evo to create this folder i think... > you can probably remove all the spam and bogofilter segments, all you > really need is to get the email in the maildir folder appropriately > > > $ cat .procmailrc > LOGFILE=/tmp/procmailrc.log > VERSBOSE=no > MAILDIR=$HOME/.maildir-sent/ > DEFAULT=$MAILDIR > BOGOFILTER_DIR=/home/rthompso/.bogofilter > > ### keep a temporary backup of incoming mail in case bogofilter misplaces > it > :0c > .bogo-backup/ > ### > > # We'll scan the mail with clam using the standard input, and saving the > result on the AV_REPORT variable > AV_REPORT=`clamdscan --stdout --no-summary - |sed 's/^stream: //'` > > # We check if the word FOUND was in the result and save "Yes" or "No" > according to that > VIRUS=`echo $AV_REPORT|sed '/FOUND/ { s/.*/Yes/; q }; /FOUND/ > !s/.*/No/'` > > # formail is a filter that can alter a mail message, while keeping the > correct format. We use it here to add/alter a header called > # X-Virus with either value Yes or No > :0fw > | formail -i "X-Virus: $VIRUS" > > # And if we just added "X-Virus: Yes", we will also add another header > with the scan result, and alter the subject, again, with the scan result. > # Since we are using the f flag, the mail is going to be delivered > anyway. > :0fw > * ^X-Virus: Yes > | formail -i "X-Virus-Report: $AV_REPORT" -i "Subject: [Virus] > $AV_REPORT" > > > ## Silently drop all completely unreadable mail > :0: > * 1^0 > ^\/Subject:.*=\?(.*big5|iso-2022-jp|ISO-2022-KR|euc-kr|gb2312|ks_c_5601-1987|windows-1251|windows-1256)\? > * 1^0 > ^\/Content-Type:.*charset="(.*big5|iso-2022-jp|ISO-2022-KR|euc-kr|gb2312|ks_c_5601-1987|windows-1251|windows-1256) > .spam-unreadable/ > #### > > #### bogofilter passthrough-update #### > > :0fw > | /usr/bin/bogofilter -uep > > #| bogofilter -p -u -l -e -v > # -p)assthrough -u)pdate, -l)og -e)xitcode 0 for spam and ham > # -v)erbose > > #### begin error catcher #### > > # m-a 2002-10-28 > # If bogofilter failed, return the mail to the queue. > # Better put this after _EACH_ delivering recipe (not shown here). > # Later, the MTA will try again to deliver it. > # 75 is the value for EX_TEMPFAIL in /usr/include/sysexits.h > # > # Originally published by Philip Guenther on the postfix-users > # mailing list. > > :0e > { > EXITCODE=75 > HOST > } > > #### end error catcher #### > > > :0: > * ^X-Bogosity: (Spam|Yes) > .spam-bogofilter/ > # put copy error catcher here to avoid fallthrough > > # unnecessary in twostate mode: > :0: > * ^X-Bogosity: Unsure > .unsure-bogofilter/ > # put another copy of error catcher here to avoid fallthrough > > #### end bogofilter passthrough-update #### > > # myemaila...@fastmail.fm to appropriate folder > :0 > * ^To:.*myemailaddr\@fastmail\.fm > .myemailaddr@fastmail^fm/ > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list -- dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.com - Access your email from home and the web _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
