Evolution Saving Mail to Computer

Hey guys. So, i’m using Evolution, and what it does, it automatically uses local folders for saving mail. Now, what i’d like to know is what is the advantage to that instead of me setting the account to completely be imap?

Thanks!

You can access, i.e. read, your mails even when there’s no internet connection or the server is down.
And you should be able to access it faster, as it doesn’t have to be downloaded first.

Microsoft Outlook does the same btw.

There should be an option to turn this off, but as I don’t use evolution myself I cannot tell you how.

With KMail, “disconnected IMAP” (that’s what it’s called there) is off by default, you have to enable it explicitely.

Or did you mean something else with “it automatically uses local folders saving mail”?

Nope, that’s exactly what i meant. I just see that every mail client seems to want to save it primarily to your computer, but i didn’t know why.

On 2014-09-10 16:16, holden87 wrote:
>
> wolfi323;2663873 Wrote:
>>
>> Or did you mean something else with “it automatically uses local folders
>> saving mail”?
>
>
> Nope, that’s exactly what i meant. I just see that every mail client
> seems to want to save it primarily to your computer, but i didn’t know
> why.

Nope, Thunderbird by default saves on the server. But you can define
that “folder” to be available offline, in which case it is also saved
locally. Or you can tell it to use a local folder instead.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

IMAP - that is, leaving mail on the server — normally places less strain on the server than downloading mail using POP. IMAP is better if you have a smartphone or work in multiple locations and want to be able to access your mail anywhere. If you download everthing using POP, it is no longer accessible to the smartphone or from other devices.

For historical reasons, I have two different accounts, one POP and one IMAP, and evolution handles them both.

BTW Thunderbird defaults to POP on Windows as I discovered when I was helping a friend who has a smartphone set it up.

On 2014-09-10 23:46, john hudson wrote:

> BTW Thunderbird defaults to POP on Windows as I discovered when I was
> helping a friend who has a smartphone set it up.

It shouldn’t. Thunderbird uses a database of servers in order to
automatically set accounts up. You do not have to enter the details. I
have set up accounts in Windows Thunderbird and it picked imap
instantly, with just me telling it my gmail address.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

Thanks holden87 for…

I running client openSUSE13.1 X_64, -KDE 4.11.5

I running a VM openSUSE 13.1 on my mainserver serving (now) Axigen 8.1 mailserver. I have been running a MS SBS2003(Exchange) for some years before in a VM(up to 2009) and it worked ok.

It was working a-ok with Evolution client and Exchange plug in above. Then when I was started to slip in my gmail accounts in Evolution… Problems.

I have read that if you are running Gnome Evolution is ok. Using KDE ->use kmail or Thunderbird.

I will get back on this issue and firewalls/client settings accessing from I-net to my VM-mailserver.

regards

In my case, it was Windows 8.1 and a Yahoo address and, after I had entered the details, it defaulted to POP - I was surprised because I was assuming IMAP would be the default.

On 2014-09-11 22:46, john hudson wrote:
>
> robin_listas;2663949 Wrote:
>> You do not have to enter the details. I
>> have set up accounts in Windows Thunderbird and it picked imap
>> instantly, with just me telling it my gmail address.
>
> In my case, it was Windows 8.1 and a Yahoo address and, after I had
> entered the details, it defaulted to POP - I was surprised because I was
> assuming IMAP would be the default.

I don’t know how they maintain that database. Sometimes I had to choose
different settings, and it is not easy to force Thunderbird to use
different settings.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)