Evolution's "On This Computer" account

[atorch]

Hi,

I have the exact same question as this guy: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-746992.html

Evolution lists two accounts: "On This Computer" and "myaddress@university.edu."

The Sent folder under "On This Computer" contains all the emails I've sent using evolution. The Inbox under "On This Computer" is empty, with the exception of a single "Welcome to Evolution!" message.

The Inbox under "myaddress@university.edu" contains all the emails I've ever received. The Sent folder under "myaddress@university.edu" is empty.

How to I tell evolution to either...

1 - move the "On This Computer" Outbox to "myadress@university.edu" and remove "On This Computer" (from Evolution's sidepanel)

-or-

2 - move the "myadress@university.edu" Inbox to "On This Computer" and remove "myadress@university.edu" (from Evolution's sidepanel)

Basically I want to collapse "On This Computer" and "myaddress@unveristy.edu" into one. It's redundant to have both.

[MoLE]

One method I would try would be to delete your current account information, then recreate it, but make sure you have the "make this my default account" option ticked in the account settings.

[atorch]

One method I would try would be to delete your current account information, then recreate it, but make sure you have the "make this my default account" option ticked in the account settings.

My only issue with this is that, under edit -> preferences, my account is already listed as "name@place.edu [Default]." So isn't it already the default account?

[plucky]

Evolution lists two accounts: "On This Computer" and "myaddress@university.edu."

Isn't myaddress@university.edu not just a sub folder of the "On This Computer" folder? Evolution won't let you delete the default folders.

Check what Message Filters have been set up for your myaddress@university.edu account. Edit > Message Filters

If you remove all the filters,then your mail should then use the default Inbox and Sent mail boxes.The Outbox is only temporary storage for mail that hasn't yet been sent.


Good Luck

[schpet]

Basically I want to collapse "On This Computer" and "myaddress@unveristy.edu" into one. It's redundant to have both.

I want to accomplish the same thing with my gmail account but have had no success, it was set up as the default account and there are no filters. The "On This Computer" account is completely empty.

[atorch]

I want to accomplish the same thing with my gmail account but have had no success, it was set up as the default account and there are no filters. The "On This Computer" account is completely empty.

Same here, I just reformatted and installed 8.10, followed evolution's setup wizard, checked the "make this my default account" box, did not create any filters... and the "on this computer" account is empty, save one "welcome to evolution" message.

[mkantor1]

I have the same issue. I'm using Gmail with IMAP (what about you guys?).

Here's a screen capture:

[dcstar]

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Basically I want to collapse "On This Computer" and "myaddress@unveristy.edu" into one. It's redundant to have both.

Evolution needs the default folders to function, and if you have a separate IMAP account then that cannot replace the default folders, so it is not "redundant" because you can delete that IMAP account at any time.

IMAP file structures are an addition to your Evolution system, not a replacement for them because Evolution has no control over them because they are on a separate e-mail system.

[zorkerz]

Well that sucks. I decided to give evolution a try today after using gmail through a browser for a few years. Im having a hard time finding reasons to keep using evolution. If im right using pop3 would sidestep the issue discussed here but I still want to access my mail online fairly often.

The 'on this computer' section does not bother me terribly because it can be collapsed. What is irking me even more at this point is the organization on all the files under my gmail account. There is inbox, junk, trash, then also my gmail lables (bugs, fb, friends, lists, mcgill, ubuf, uvm) and a [Gmail] folder that contains all mail, drafts, sent mail, spam, starred, and trash. To make it worse it appears that these can only be organized alphabetically. Thats 16 separate folders only a few of which I use often.

Does this bother other people and if so what have you done about it?

Can anyone propose some reasons why I might want to continue using evolution instead of gmail from a browser?

Sorry I woke up an old post with a bit of a rant.

[EmanueleBardelli]

try this:
cd $HOME/.evolution/mail/
rm -r local (before this, be sure there aren't emails inside!!!)
ln -s /dev/null local

the result is a unexpandable "on this computer"...


Emanuele