Very cool. I'll look into this tomorrow. Dave,
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015, at 07:40 PM, Jerry Whitteridge wrote: > > Dave > > In Evolution as you are setup now you have 2 accounts "On My Computer" > and whatever you named the Account with your ISP. Under the On My > Computer inbox you can create a hierarchy of folders to contain your > archives. Then create a filter rule that looks at your IMAP inbox (or > other folders as you wish) and copies to the folders in the On My > Computer. Every time you fetch mail all new messages should then be > copied locally. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: evolution-list [mailto:evolution-list-boun...@gnome.org] On Behalf > Of dave boland > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 4:25 PM > To: Patrick O'Callaghan <p...@usb.ve>; evolution-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email > > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015, at 07:06 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 17:18 -0500, dave boland wrote: > > > two other question. My isp says they support pop3. Would I be smart > > > to use that instead of imap+ and leave the mail on the server (which > > > is what I used to do, and I assume Evolution 3.16.5 can still do)? > > > > Definitely not. POP (including POP3) does not support folders on the > > server side, or indeed many other features of IMAP. The only purpose in > > setting "leave on server" for POP is so you can read your mail from > > multiple clients, and even then it's usually assumed that one of those > > clients will delete the mail from the server after downloading it. > > > > IMHO the only justification for using POP is when the server side > > doesn't support IMAP. > > > > poc > > Fair enough. However, I need a plan that gets the emails on my computer > so they can be archived, and do so as automatically as possible. My isp > deletes email older than 90 days, and I don't want to have to do > archiving manually all the time. So what do I do if POP3 is not the > answer? > > Dave, > -- > dave boland > dbola...@fastmail.fm > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - The way an email service should be > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Warning: > All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail > system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the > recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is > intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of > this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you > have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, > distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately.. > > ============================================================================== > > _______________________________________________ > 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 - A fast, anti-spam email service. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
