On Fri, 2022-05-20 at 12:13 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2022-05-20 at 18:25 +0800, Netsol.link wrote: > > Ok an other way (a bit radical but should work) is to save the > > inboxand all the sub-folders (i have a lot) as mbox and on the > > receivingcomputer delete all the emails in the inbox and all the > > sub-foldersandtheir content, empty trash and then import the mbox. > > not sure if Ishould also delete the 'send' folder as I'm not sure > > if it would beincluded in the mbox? Or I use webmail to trim down > > the emails tojustthose that I want to keep and then I can download > > the ones to keepfrommy devices (they all setup to leave mail on > > server). Only problem isthat I have 6 emails so have to > > login/logout 6 times! > > [Please don't top-post on this list] > To reiterate what Pete and Andre have said: the best solution to > allthis is to use IMAP. You say you're already leaving messages on > theserver, so there's no reason not to do this. You will avoid all > theheadaches of copying stuff back and forth, (mis)-using the > Backupfunction or futzing around with file internals. > If your mail service supports IMAP, that's what you should be > using.There is no reason to keep using POP if you have the option > ofchanging. > poc_______________________________________________evolution-list > mailing listevolution-l...@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list I did a complete restore of the whole hard drive and it worked perfectly (thanks Recuezilla - while I backed up a few images, I did not try to restore any so that was a good opportunity to use it and a relief that it worked!) I then spend a lot of time downloading and deleting/sorting emails so that both computer have the same emails. Now I need to see if IMAP will work for me: I still want 'Hard copies' on at least one computer. I have 6 email accounts (3 different domains) that all download into one 'Inbox' (I do not want an 'Inbox' and sub-folders for each account) I then delete what is junk, read and respond (if needed) to emails and then move into folders/sub-folders what I want/need to keep. If I understand correctly how IMAP works, I will need to recreate my folder structure on the server, but I'm not sure if the all-in one folder structure I use on my hard drive is possible on the server or would I need to make one for each email account? and then when I access my emails, would I have to access one email account at a time? just like 'webmail'?
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