On 01/16/18 05:34, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2018-01-15 at 16:04 -0500, David A. De Graaf wrote: >> But WHY this happened - I suppose is unknowable. I discovered that >> thunderbird, because it is using IMAP, creates and maintains copies of >> all the mail that exists in the primary files on the server: >> /var/mail/dad, plus the archives in ~/Mail/*. That seems like a REALLY >> NUTTY design. > I haven't used TBird in years but it does seem nutty. Are you sure it > isn't a config option? Evolution doesn't do this by default (though you > can configure it that way if you want), and I suspect Claws and other > IMAP clients don't either. >
Indeed there are configuration options. Under the Accounts--->Account Name--->Synchronization&Storage. Lots of options there. From not storing any messages locally to choosing what folder to keep locally. Also many choices for how many messages and/or age of messages to keep. -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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