On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 11:33:01AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 11:25 -0400, John Affleck wrote: > > So after this thread caught my eye (having suffered from mbox corruption > > one time too many), I decided to convert all of my 'local mail' to > > maildir format folders. So I did the following: > > - Added a new account with 'Maildir-format mail directories' > > - Pointed it at an empty top-level directory. > > Is this within .evolution or somewhere else? I'm thinking of backup > scripts and when you eventually transport your setup to another machine.
The new 'account' I created lived outside of the .evolution directory (~/Mail, in my case). I assume there's no reason not to create it under .evolution, but I don't think I'd recommend it. I should probably be clear - I did not convert Evolution's "local storage" to maildir - I still have mbox files under .evolution/mail/local that evolution uses as an Outbox for example. I created an entirely new folder tree as what Evolution thinks of as a separate account (with an outgoing mail server and everything). I suspect that evolution will do nothing to 'manage' the new folder and it would have to be treated as an entirely separate entity for backup or migration purposes. John A. _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
