On Wed, 2013-05-01 at 09:46 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > I encountered the following problem. I have a directory in Mail with > > many subdirectories and files in it. I had to subscribe to them > > individually. Is there any way to subscribe to everything in such a > > directory in one step? > > As others have said, uncheck the "show only subscribed folders" - that > will then show all the folders (and subfolders) in your mailstore. It > doesn't "subscribe" to them, it just shows them without having to > subscribe.
Thanks for the help. I've already done what you suggest below. There were quite a few boxes to check. I posted my question because I thought there might be a simpler way to do it. Also, it is not necessary to uncheck the box authorizing showing subscribed folders as several people, you included, have suggested. It is possible to get a complete list of available folders by using Manage Subscriptions, as I noted previously. That seems simpler to me. > > In anycase, subscribing to a mail folder is just a tick box and you can > do multiple subscriptions in one go - you just have to do lots of > clicking, and unless you've got hundreds or thousands of them, it won't > take long. At least you only have to do it once. > > Another thing you can look at is that some (all?) IMAP servers maintain > the list of subscribed folders on the server - it may be possible to > deal directly with that file and effectively force the client to be > subscribed to certain folders. But this is very much dependent on the > particular IMAP server and you play with this sort of thing at your own > risk. (i.e. make backups, if possible don't use a live account, test > things using a sandbox account etc. etc.) > > > Is it possible to subscribe to something not in > > the Mail directory? > > > > Probably not. The IMAP server will be setup to only present the files > in a certain directory to the client and the client should not be able > to break out of that. Besides, the IMAP server will only understand > mail files/folders, it can't serve just any file to the client (since it > works on messages, so it has to understand what constitutes a message > within the file) - if you have mail messages elsewhere in your home > directory, then you can do a number of things: move the files on the > server into ~/Mail; or make symbolic links within ~/Mail to the other > files; or, if the rest of the files are in one place, ask your admin to > add another location to your account setup. > > P. > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list -- Leonard Evens [email protected] Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
