On Tue, 14 May 2013 15:32:37 +0100 Chris Walker cdw_alug@the-walker-household.co.uk allegedly wrote:
If in doubt, RTFM! I have now created a mailbox structure in /home/chris/.claws-mail and from the File menu, I've created a new mailbox of type MH. I've pointed that at the folders I created and it's working. I can now move stuff off the server and into the local store. So it's already down to 73% full and it should soon be down to almost zero.
Sorry - emails crossed. Glad you got that sorted.
Only one problem and that's that Claws insists on creating a new inbox, drafts, trash etc and I don't want those in the MH mailbox. If I delete them, claws just recreates them. Is there any way I can remove them permanently? And yes, I have checked the manual, FAQ and online and so far I haven't discovered a way.
I don't think you can remove those. But it shouldn't matter if you arrange your mail to suit your local preference. For example, I have separate email inboxes for each of my accounts. But all those are stored in the same MH mail store (e.g #mh/claws-mail/mick-at-rlogin and #mh/claws-mail/admin-at-rlogin etc). So incoming mail is correctly filed inbound but all sent mail is initially stored in the same Sent mailbox. Within the default Inbox I have a folder called "keep" which has subfolders by topic (e.g. ALUG, bike-club, blog etc). I can then store any mail I wish to keep (both incoming and sent) in those folders.
Works for me.
Mick
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