GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 273944
Allow choosing a local folder to deposit incoming mail from a POP3 account
Last modified: 2021-05-19 11:31:39 UTC
Distribution: Novell Linux Desktop 9 (i586) Package: Evolution Priority: Normal Version: GNOME2.6. unspecified Gnome-Distributor: Novell, Inc. Synopsis: POP accounts all go to one Inbox Bugzilla-Product: Evolution Bugzilla-Component: Mailer Bugzilla-Version: unspecified Description: Each IMAP account gets its own tree- why do POP accounts all go to one place? This is confusing and wrong, and it confuses users to have all their mail from different accounts mixed together willy-nilly. Each POP account should have its own level in the mail display just like IMAP accounts. Unknown reporter: aweber@novell.com, changed to bugbuddy-import@ximian.com. Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one.
Also note this was a customer complaint from Brainshare. I told them they could use filters to sort the mail by account, and they laughed at me and rolled their eyes.
good on them not going to be changed
Is there a reason, or is it just not worth the effort? Obviously it's a low-priority feature request, but it *would* make sense to have each account get its own tree, no matter what protocol it uses.
yes, so opening this as the "i know that from thunderbird" request i can always link people on the mailing lists to... ;-) there *are* requests on the mailing lists.
It would make sense to let users pick a custom Inbox folder for POP accounts just like we allow picking custom Drafts and Sent folders. On This Computer / Inbox is still a reasonable default.
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