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Is there some way I can re-arrange the order of Mail Account Names in Evolution's Properties dialog?

I find it strange that this list shows entries in the order in which I add them, and there is no facility to change this order.

The column is not sortable, and there are no Move-Up/Down buttons.

Update: I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 (2.6.32-25-generic)... Evolution 2.28.3

Braiam
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Peter.O
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    Please add the version of both OS and evolution as tags. That will help to recreate the issue. I am using Evolution 2.30.3 and it automatically sorts the mail accounts in alphabetical order – aneeshep Nov 05 '10 at 07:49
  • Interesting.. Thanks... I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 (2.6.32-25-generic)... Evolution 2.28.3 ... and my system reports as "Up to date" via the Update manager... Maybe I can try the maverick repository.... Present your suggestion as an answer, and I'lll accept it. – Peter.O Nov 05 '10 at 10:16
  • I look at the "Maverick repositories in Lucid" option... At this point of time isn't a viable opton because the differences are too great, here is a link to my question about it: http://askubuntu.com/questions/11509/is-it-safe-to-change-my-lucid-sources-to-maverick-to-get-one-app-then-revert-to – Peter.O Nov 06 '10 at 04:11

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This issue has been addressed and now you CAN re-order folders. To do so, go into Edit/Preferences/Mail Accounts. In that view you can drag folders to the order you desire, as well as select a default account.

I am using Evolution 3.10.4 in Ubuntu 14.04.

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    I'm surprised this is not the accepted answer. – Qian Chen Aug 16 '18 at 05:51
  • That's because my answer came years after the current accepted answer, but apparently the OP doesn't monitor this post any more, or doesn't care enough to change it. – BobDoolittle Aug 18 '18 at 23:47
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    I can confirm this works for me with Evolution 3.30.4 on Fedora 29. I tried dragging the emails in the main window, but it didn't have any effect. Doing it on the preferences works. – apaderno Feb 01 '19 at 18:09
  • Agreed, the apparent up/down arrows that show up on the main screen are certainly misleading. – stolenmoment Jan 06 '22 at 13:13
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    Only thing I can do is to upvote, since this answer is correct. The arrows are misleading, so I wouldn't even think to go to Preferences. Thank you @BobDoolittle – kanehekili Oct 18 '23 at 23:26
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I agree with aneeshep, under Ubuntu 10.10 they are sorted alphabetically. If the order is not to your liking, prefix the account names with numbers is all I can suggest.

As far as I am aware there isn't a way to manually change the order, but I am quite happy to be corrected.

Maybe it is something that should be filed as a feature request to the evolution team.

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  • Thanks.. I'll just have to wait until I make the shift to 10.10.. I'm in no hurry (I'm still learning to drive the "lucid" distro... and not ready to ride a "maverick", yet ;) – Peter.O Nov 06 '10 at 04:15
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There is a bug filed in launchpad regarding this issue :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/649610

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  • Okay, thanks... My Lucid 10.04 won't even sort the list... and it seems that Maverick 10.10 can now sort alphabetically, but no individual "move Up/Down" (or Drag-n-Drop) yet... – Peter.O Nov 06 '10 at 07:49
  • @fred: Hope they will include this feature in next release. you may click on 'This bug affects people' on the above url to inform the developers that you are also facing this issue. – aneeshep Nov 06 '10 at 08:54
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I'm currently prefixing my accounts with numbers to achieve the order I want them displayed. Hopefully the evolution team is working on adding the convenience of drag n drop hierarchy.