Re: [Evolution] Moving from Claws-Mail (pop/maildir) to Evo

[Reid Thompson <reid thompson ateb com>]

On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 18:35 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 11:27 +0100, Milan Crha wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 10:29 -0500, Chris wrote:
> > > I wish to move from Claws-Mail to Evo. My Claws is setup to make use
> > > of maildir format of storing mail.
> > >
> > > I would like to use Evo (pop) and have it store in the same format. I
> > > understand that the default is mbox - can I change this? If so, please
> > > let me know.
> >
> >     Hi,
> > you cannot change it, unfortunately. You can create a maildir account
> > and a message filter which will move all your incoming mails to that
> > account, as a workaround.
> >     Bye,
> >     Milan
> You can also serve up your existing maildir store using dovecot or
> similar. Fetchmail or offlineimap or similar to get your new mail.
>
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i use both:
fetchmail + procmail 
and
pop account with filter to move to maildir

Both work very well for me.