Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-14 Thread Milan Crha
On Fri, 2015-12-04 at 12:40 +, Reid Thompson wrote: > if i'm not mistaken, there is one issue with this.  Any email marked as > 'not new' by a client other than evo will result in that email not being > routed through evo's filters when it's fetched by evo.  evo only > automatically passes mail

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-04 Thread dave boland
I was looking for archiving in Help, but did not find this. Can you elaborate? Dave, On Fri, Dec 4, 2015, at 08:02 AM, Reid Thompson wrote: > also, at some version point, the auto-archive option was added to folder > properties in evo.  not sure if you can upgrade to get this. > > _

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-04 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2015-12-04 at 12:46 +, Reid Thompson wrote: > Use imapsync to copy the messages. I've used imapsync successfully in the past to move a large quantity of mail (several GB) from one IMAP server to another. Unlike manual drag- and-drop methods it's more suitable for bulk transfers and can

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-04 Thread Reid Thompson
also, at some version point, the auto-archive option was added to folder properties in evo.  not sure if you can upgrade to get this. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://m

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-04 Thread Reid Thompson
grabbed from the web... some options.. others are likely available Mailbox synchronization Use imapsync to copy the messages. It requires that you install Perl. See this web page for a writeup with screen shots. Use MailSync . It is designed for a Unix/Linux like operating system though you may

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-04 Thread Reid Thompson
On Fri, 2015-12-04 at 00:40 +, 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 c

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-04 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2015-12-04 at 02:59 +0100, Ángel González wrote: > POP won't allow him to download the files he has already moved to > server folders, but it's the easiest solution for any future mail he > receives IMHO. I disagree. Setting up IMAP isn't much harder than setting up POP and brings signific

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
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 ; evolution-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Evoluti

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
03, 2015 4:25 PM To: Patrick O'Callaghan ; 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 say

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread Ángel González
POP won't allow him to download the files he has already moved to server folders, but it's the easiest solution for any future mail he receives IMHO. Not everyone needs to access his mail from multiple devices. :-) ___ evolution-list mailing list evolutio

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
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 a

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
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 P

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
Milan, Thanks for the info. All went reasonably well, but I did run into one issue that I need to fix. One of the sub-folders didn't copy and now I'm getting the error "Error refreshing folder: STATUS Invalid mailbox name." What do I do now? I would really like to get this folder back. two ot

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread Milan Crha
On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 11:39 -0500, dave boland wrote: > Suggestions?  Evolution 3.16.5. Hi, right-click some root folder (under the account name), choose "Copy folder to..." there and pick some On This Computer destination (ideally create a new subfolder there first, thus you do not mix ex

[Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
All, I have decided to go with another email provider, but I need to be able to get my current email stored locally (archived). What is the easiest way to do that? I read a procedure online that basically said to highlight the email in a folder (Inbox), then File >> Save. Problem is that the op