On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 18:33, Greg Macek wrote: > Are there any plans to implement an "Archive" function in Evolution? > This could really come in handy for people who have years of email (like > myself) stored, but rarely access. It would be convenient to have an > interface to this, perhaps zipping up the folders you want archived and > storing those files wherever you wanted. Then, if/when the time comes > you need something, you can un-archive the file back into Evo.
- Create a new local account with a maildir or mbox store - Move to this account the messages you want to archive - Deactivate the account - Store away the maildir or mailbox wherever you want. Burning a CD comes to mind. Reading the archived mail is exactly as simple : create a new local account and select your archive as the maildir or mbox store. As a bonus, your archive is readable by anything that can read standard mailbox formats. For example, "mutt -f archive_file" will open it. The tools you already have can do more than you think.
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