Thank you so much for your elaborate reply. On Sun, 2018-11-18 at 11:52 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2018-11-18 at 12:38 +0100, Chide wrote: > > And as a follow-up to my previous question, a feature request based > > on > > it at the end of this post. It may save other users quite some > > time if > > they end up in the same "corner" of evolution as I did... > > > > (Note that I'm a fan of evolution, already been happily using it > > for > > years, hence this is no critique, but a tip to make it even better > > ;-)) > > > > On Sat, 2018-11-17 at 19:21 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote: > > > On Sat, 2018-11-17 at 14:03 +0100, Chide wrote: > > > > Version Evolution: 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 > > > > I created a new POP account. It worked. > > > > Then I switched it off (Edit -> Accounts -> Mail Accounts). It > > > > disappeared from the Mail overview. > > > > > > I don't see a bug. As far as I know, POP accounts do not have and > > > never had a separate node in the folder pane in Evolution's mail > > > view > > > (contrary to IMAP accounts). > > > All mail of any POP accounts ends up under "On this Computer". > > > > I must say that this is a quite confusing, and non-intuitive user- > > interface design decision within evolution. > > "Intuitive", like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
True. > What you mean > is "other email clients I've used don't work this way". Well, no because I only have used evolution for the past 5 years or so ;-) So, the other email clients I've used are... evolution. Indeed I only use it for IMAP, but accidentally created and switched on a POP account. Then I discovered this behaviour of which I think it is quite confusing. > There are many > differences between Evo and other MUAs and this is one of them. Evo > was > designed as an IMAP client and that's where it takes its design cues > from. It supports POP of course, but there's no question that for > most > people POP is a protocol of last resort. If you want to organise your > POP mail into folders, use Search folders. There are several > discussions of this on the list archives. In fact it's even in the > Help, under the heading "Separating POP mail for more than one > account". Thanks for the info. > > > One would expect that switching on the POP account (in the Mail > > Accounts preferences) itself should show it in the mail-client. But > > it > > does not. I think it would be a more consistent design decision to, > > for > > example, warn the user that he or she should also switch on "On > > this > > computer" once he or she checks the box next to a POP account. Or > > even > > switch it on automatically. > > > > After all, for what reason would someone check a POP box, and not > > want > > to see it? > > It's on by default. In fact I didn't even know it was possible to > switch it off (not that I've ever looked). If someone does switch it > off, presumably they know what they're doing. I guess Evo could offer > to turn it back on if a POP account is created, but it seems like a > minor issue. Feel free to file a Request For Enhancement. Indeed, that is my request. It seems like a minor issue, I would rather say it is a 'low probability' issue - if you end up in that corner of evolution - it causes quite some loss of productivity. I think I lost over an hour searching, and could not access my historic emails anymore which cause difficulties during my work. A little dialogue-box warning as I suggest above could indeed save someone else a lot of trouble, while it is easy to implement for evolution developers. I will file it. Thanks again for the quick reply, I really appreciate the support from the community! Note I will not post follow-ups to this email thread anymore, I've other matters that demand my attention. > > poc > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
