On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 05:03, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Thanks for that explanation, Lyvim. It's given me a lot to think > about. The thing that put me off maildir was that when I tried to > import from KMail into Evo it wouldn't read the mail. I tried both > reading methods in the import, but it wouldn't read a single file. > This made me feel that it was almost as bad as the proprietary > formats found elsewhere. > > Have you any thoughts on that? > > Anne
I have done it, but there are several qualifications for doing this. First, if you are transporting from Kmail to Evo like you are, Kmail should be made to put ALL subfolders back into the inbox; this way you can snag or convert everything at once since categorized or filtered email will not be seen(because it is in other folders). Evo filters can be applied later to the whole imported load. Second, you tell Kmail to convert to Maildir format. This will cause Kmail to create the new, cur, and tmp dirs and then move each message seperately to an appropriate filename within the ~/Mail/inbox/cur directory. Third, you copy the files in the newly converted Kmail inbox (Which for some wierd reason seems to be ~/Mail instead of ~/Maildir for maildir mail) over to the Evo Maildir/new dir. With Evo already in Maildir format, Evo should have a configuration for receiving mail that says /home/you/Maildir for it's folder configuration. With Evo in that mode, when you look at the folder tree (within Evo), you will see a tree that starts with your email name, and a dot (.) tree underneath it. That dot is actually the ~/Maildir/cur directory. Now all you do at this point is to go to the Kmail main inbox dir ( ~/Mail/inbox/cur ) and then copy everything over to the Evo Maildir directory for incoming mail. Which is ~/Maildir/new. So cp -v ~/Mail/inbox/cur/* ~/Maildir/new After that, go back to Evo and click on another folder in the tree somewhere, and Evo will see the ~/Maildir/new directory and then create an index of sorts for all the new mail, then it will be moved over to the ~/Maildir/cur directory, where you can then apply the Evo filters you have set up. How's that? ;) HTH.. --LX P.S. One more thing. Any mail that's filed under your Evo dot directory will be in Maildir format. Any mail that's filed in the Evo main tree above that will be in mbox format, *no matter what method* you've chosen under the Mail Accounts settings. So in order to keep all your mail in Maildir format, your custom categorization folders need to be created *under the dot directory* in the Evo tree. -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같
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