[Evolution-users] convert from POPj to IMAP

[Milan Crha]

On Mon, 2026-02-23 at 16:46 +0100, Reid Vail via evolution-users wrote:
> But in IMAP (as I understand it), even though client and server sync 
> continuously, when IMAP is initiated, the service starts (or sees its
> "source") as the server side.

	Hi,
both IMAP and POP3 work the same, in a sense that the server content is
meant to be synced to the Evolution. Either as whole messages (for
POP3), or at least an information about the messages (in IMAP, but even
that can be set up to download the messages immediately too).

The difference with IMAP is that it also removes locally stored
messaged which are not on the server anymore. The POP3 only downloads
the new messages. Also, deleting a message in IMAP (or moving it to a
different folder on the server) will delete it (or move it) on the
server too.

You do not need to do anything with the server, the IMAP and POP3
accounts are independent in the Evolution, that they connect to the
same server is only a matter of "luck", but for the app itself it does
not mean anything. When you add the IMAP account, it'll sync the
current content from the server to its own folder structure in
Evolution (not under On This Computer, where the POP3 stores the
messages).

	Bye,
	Milan