On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 14:42 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > At 02:21 PM 12/27/2005, Craig White wrote: > >On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 14:14 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > This all comes out of figuring out how I might run Evolution like > > I run Eudora. > > > > > > I see where Evolution places its data in a hidden directory: ~/.evolution > > > > > > Now why it is felt necessary to put all of this stuff in hidden > > > directories is beyond me. > > > > > > So it would seem that Evolution is treating each useid as a > > > personality for the logged in user. > > > > > > Given the way Evolution organizes its data, I could create some more > > > Linux users, and either: > > > > > > Give my main user file permissions to them and somehow run copies of > > > Evolution using those /home/user directories. Anyone know how to do that? > > > > > > Or do I somehow have to have multiple simultaneous logins? And switch > > > between them? I know there is a way to have 4 desktops.... > >---- > >it's not entirely clear what you are trying to actually accomplish. > > For each of my 'identities' (day job, home business, teaching job, > etc) to have the mail totally separated. Not to have all the mail > munged together, particularly the in and out boxes! > > Also folder 'foo' can mean one thing at work and another for > teaching. Yes, I could name them differently, but I have been doing > it this for a lot of years. > > >Evolution probably is only going to support one instance per user. > > So can I run multiple Evolutions? > You don't need multiple instances of Evolution. Run Evolution from your one system user account. Inside of Evolution, set up all 4 email accounts. Then use filters to move the mail to individual folders as per recipient.