Re: [Evolution] Issues with labels and flags

2015-12-03 Thread Mark Foley
> From: Ángel González > To: evolution-list@gnome.org > Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:59:26 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Issues with labels and flags > > Mark Foley wrote: > > Milan's point about Thunderbird answers another question (why label > > names are > > the same in Tbird and Evolution).  B

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
Very cool. I'll look into this tomorrow. Dave, On Thu, Dec 3, 2015, at 07:40 PM, Jerry Whitteridge wrote: > > Dave > > In Evolution as you are setup now you have 2 accounts "On My Computer" > and whatever you named the Account with your ISP. Under the On My > Computer inbox you can create a h

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
Dave In Evolution as you are setup now you have 2 accounts "On My Computer" and whatever you named the Account with your ISP. Under the On My Computer inbox you can create a hierarchy of folders to contain your archives. Then create a filter rule that looks at your IMAP inbox (or other folder

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread Ángel González
POP won't allow him to download the files he has already moved to server folders, but it's the easiest solution for any future mail he receives IMHO. Not everyone needs to access his mail from multiple devices. :-) ___ evolution-list mailing list evolutio

Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client

2015-12-03 Thread Ángel González
Pete Biggs wrote: > On Wed, 2015-12-02 at 01:24 -0500, Mark Foley wrote: > > I've just installed Evolution 3.10.4 on Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS with > > Cinnamon > > desktop. So far I like it, but I'm having some problems. > > As others have said, it appears that 3.10 on Ubuntu 14.04 is broken > in > vari

Re: [Evolution] Fwd: Mail in Evolution disappearing - mystery deepens

2015-12-03 Thread Ángel González
dave boland wrote: > How do I do that?  I went through all the account properties and > could not find a way to change to POP without recreating the account, > which I don’t want to do.   You need to configure your email as a new evolution account. There's no way to "reconfigure an IMAP account as

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015, at 07:06 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 17:18 -0500, dave boland wrote: > > two other question.  My isp says they support pop3.  Would I be smart > > to use that instead of imap+ and leave the mail on the server (which > > is what I used to do, and I a

Re: [Evolution] Fwd: Mail in Evolution disappearing - mystery deepens

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
How do I do that? I went through all the account properties and could not find a way to change to POP without recreating the account, which I don’t want to do. Also, does Evolution have the ability to leave mail on the server so I have access to it remotely? It used to, but that was a few versio

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 17:18 -0500, dave boland wrote: > two other question.  My isp says they support pop3.  Would I be smart > to use that instead of imap+ and leave the mail on the server (which > is what I used to do, and I assume Evolution 3.16.5 can still do)? Definitely not. POP (including P

Re: [Evolution] Using Evolution with Exchange

2015-12-03 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 14:41 -0500, Michael Wenyon wrote: > I am on Debian Jessie. Should I be able to use an Exchange server by > setting it up in Gnome Online Accounts, or do I need to install other > packages first? GOA is for access to Google services (Gmail, contacts etc.). AFAIK it has nothin

Re: [Evolution] Fwd: Mail in Evolution disappearing - mystery deepens

2015-12-03 Thread Ángel González
Even easier would be to configure the same account in evolution using POP, which is what you had been using in the previous evolution version. ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... h

Re: [Evolution] Using Evolution with Exchange

2015-12-03 Thread Ángel González
Michael Wenyon wrote: > I am on Debian Jessie. Should I be able to use an Exchange server by > setting it up in Gnome Online Accounts, or do I need to install other > packages first? You will need evolution-ews in order to connect using Exchange Web Services  (you could also connect by IMAP to Exc

Re: [Evolution] Issues with labels and flags

2015-12-03 Thread Ángel González
Mark Foley wrote: > Milan's point about Thunderbird answers another question (why label > names are > the same in Tbird and Evolution).  But here's the thing: When I 'tag' > something > to e.g.  "Personal" in Thunderbird (green), it shows up as green in > Evolution. > But when I 'label' something

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
Milan, Thanks for the info. All went reasonably well, but I did run into one issue that I need to fix. One of the sub-folders didn't copy and now I'm getting the error "Error refreshing folder: STATUS Invalid mailbox name." What do I do now? I would really like to get this folder back. two ot

Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client

2015-12-03 Thread Mark Foley
Yes, you are right. This would be more approriate in a Ubuntu forum, but probably not practical for us to move this thread there. Besides, I've seen a number of posts here (including mine) where the solution to many problems is to get the latest version of Evolution. So probably this thread will he

[Evolution] Using Evolution with Exchange

2015-12-03 Thread Michael Wenyon
I am on Debian Jessie. Should I be able to use an Exchange server by setting it up in Gnome Online Accounts, or do I need to install other packages first? If I try installing evolution-ews in Synaptic, it fails, and I get the following error: evolution-ews:  Depends: libebook-contacts-1.2-0 but i

Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client

2015-12-03 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 14:08 -0500, Mark Foley wrote: > Yes, I quite understand about the whole version/package delay thing. > I've also used Slackware for years which is even more dramatic in this > respect. However, I though I was using the "latest" stable version. > > The http://www.ubuntu.com/d

Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client

2015-12-03 Thread Mark Foley
Yes, I quite understand about the whole version/package delay thing. I've also used Slackware for years which is even more dramatic in this respect. However, I though I was using the "latest" stable version. The http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop site shows 14.04.03 LTS and 15.10 versions down

Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client

2015-12-03 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 13:26 -0500, Mark Foley wrote: > > As others have said, it appears that 3.10 on Ubuntu 14.04 is broken in > > various ways (it's to do with the Ubuntu packaging - 3.10 was fine on > > other systems). 3.10 is also very old now and unsupported. > > So, your recommendation? Sho

[Evolution] Issues with labels and flags

2015-12-03 Thread Mark Foley
On Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 09:49:12 + Pete Biggs wrote: > On Wed, 2015-12-02 at 01:24 -0500, Mark Foley wrote: > > 3. I've "labeled" one of the messages as 'Important' (right-click message > > > Label > Important). This is indicated on the 'Label' drop-down as a red > > square. > > However, t

Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client

2015-12-03 Thread Mark Foley
Pete - thanks for your reply. See my comments interleaved below. --Mark -Original Message- > From: Pete Biggs > To: evolution-list@gnome.org > Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 09:49:12 + > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client > > On Wed, 2015-12-02 at 01:24 -050

Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread Milan Crha
On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 11:39 -0500, dave boland wrote: > Suggestions?  Evolution 3.16.5. Hi, right-click some root folder (under the account name), choose "Copy folder to..." there and pick some On This Computer destination (ideally create a new subfolder there first, thus you do not mix ex

Re: [Evolution] Fwd: Mail in Evolution disappearing - mystery deepens

2015-12-03 Thread George Reeke
On Wed, 2015-12-02 at 22:33 +, Pete Biggs wrote: ---trimmed--- >> My isp has a 90 day limit that I did not know about. The only >> alternative is tw, and I doubt that the will be a big improvement. >> I do think it is time to get better email hosting, which is >> independent of the isp. > The

[Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
All, I have decided to go with another email provider, but I need to be able to get my current email stored locally (archived). What is the easiest way to do that? I read a procedure online that basically said to highlight the email in a folder (Inbox), then File >> Save. Problem is that the op

Re: [Evolution] Fwd: Mail in Evolution disappearing - mystery deepens

2015-12-03 Thread dave boland
Thanks Roy. Top of today's to do list is new email provider, and I will seriously consider this. Dave, On Thu, Dec 3, 2015, at 02:35 AM, agua...@openmailbox.org wrote: > El 2015-12-03 02:22, dave boland escribió: > > Paul, > > > > I have used gmail, but I'm bothered by their privacy and their d

Re: [Evolution] Remote content warning box

2015-12-03 Thread Milan Crha
On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 10:34 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > Is there any way of modifying this message box behaviour? Hi, no, there currently isn't any way to modify its behaviour. Even, a workaround had been added, but it might be removed once a real solution is implemented. See: https://bugzi

[Evolution] Remote content warning box

2015-12-03 Thread Pete Biggs
On Evolution 3.18.2 In 3.18 there was introduced a box that appears at the top of the message to warn you about remote content not being downloaded. I applaud the motives behind such a thing, but personally I find its current incarnation too intrusive. It's almost as big as the headers and pushe