[ale] Evolution and BellSouth storage question

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 09:51 -0400, tom wrote:
> I got my girlfriend setup on Ubuntu some time ago. She recently decided to 
> go with the AT&T $10/mo internet plan, which is largely working correctly. 
> The known remaining challenge is using Evolution for email, as I haven't 
> figured out/read how to get the email retained locally, on her hard disk. 
> Somehow, Evolution has a number of folders setup which appear to relate to 
> the pop server at Bell South, where she has reached her storage limit.
> 
> I have looked at the Evolution documentation, and fiddled with the 
> software, but my befuddled mind is missing the clue which almost _must_ be 
> there - so I ask here
> 
> How do I convince Evolution to create and use mail folders on the local 
> hard drive?

Somewhere in the settings you are looking for a blurb of "keep on
server" and that needs to be off. If you are using pop as opposed to
imap (most likely) it _should_ be the default.

On my version the route to this is edit->preferences->select the
account->edit->Receiving Options->uncheck "leave messages on server"

If that doesn't work BellSouth has problems or something else is weird.
> 
> I will add, since somebody will suggest it, that changing email clients is 
> _not_ an option, as the lady in question has already rejected it.
> 
> Thanks in advance
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