> -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Biggs <p...@biggs.org.uk> > To: evolution-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Mail server doesn't show up > Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:17:20 +0100 > > > The gmail account is imap. It works. The setup wizard chose pop3 > for > the yahoo account. I pushed the button to check for authentication, > and > it didn't respond. So I tried imap (and changed the server address > to > imap.yahoo.com) and it responded quickly. But the account still > didn't > appear in the left panel. > > When I push the button to send queued mail and refresh inboxes, it > shows > both the yahoo and gmail accounts in the progress window. > > POP accounts don't have their own entry in the side bar. POP as a > protocol sucks mail from a server and the mail actually resides on > your > local machine - with IMAP the mail stays on the server. Consequently > a > POP account (in fact all POP accounts) mail is in the "On This > Computer" folders. > > As for changing the server type - it usually doesn't work well once > things are setup. Try deleting the account and starting again. You > might do well to shutdown Evolution to let things catch up - you may > have to go further (like logging out) since there are some background > processes that may need to re-read the configuration. > > > I think the evolution version is fairly old -- it's whatever is > bundled > with Scientific Linux 6.9. > > Unfortunately there are so many different Linux versions and distros > out there that giving the distro info doesn't mean much to most > people. > > P. > Actually reading the above made me double check the account types and actually I lied, the account that is missing is a POP3 account (I had it set up as IMAP originally when it was under Windows 10 and when I switched to Linux Mint I must have selected POP3) so that would explain why I can't see it, as under Outlook on Windows, the account does have its own tree in the left-hand panel. I hadn't realised what the purpose of "On This Computer" was. Outlook creates a tree for the pop3 account as well as having "Personal Folders" which I assume is the same as "On This PC".
How does this work if you have multiple POP3 accounts do they all appear as one amorphous mass in "On This PC"? I would think it makes more sense for Evo to do it the same as Outlook as it's less confusing? Siv _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
