Re: [Evolution] Invoking filters automatically

[alfredo palhares me]

Hello Pete,

Thank you for your answer.

I know there are reasons that filters should not run automatically, the
points you made make all the sense, but there are some expections:

Since I do select all on inbox and do apply filters, everything works,
for me, its the a manual process that could be made on a cron job.
Doing manually also contemplates the danger of a copy for example, I do
not do copyies over folders, I use labels for that.
When cailling automatically, you could specifiy the filters you want to
run, a think you cannot do right now.

A search folder would not work, i will not categorize my email, and I
will keep my inbox cluttered, and for me that is essential to have,
since I use my email on mobile and other clients, so having a clean
inbox is a must.

So if there is not a way to to this, I may look into other
alternatives, if there is please send me your recomendations. 

Thank you so much for your reply!


Regards,
Alfredo Palhares


On Fri, 2020-07-24 at 17:52 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > The objective of this filter is move old emails to a folder, but I
> > want
> > them to stay on inbox for a while, so I can read them without going
> > through the folders, but evolution only processes emails with the
> > "new"
> > flag.
> > So my solution right now is to select all messages and run apply
> > filters. Altough this works its kinda tedious and I always keep
> > forgetting to do this, so my Inbox gets cluttered real fast.
> >
> > So is there a way to invoke the filters automatically? 
>
> No, filters can only be applied to new mail. I can think of lots of
> reasons why filters shouldn't be periodically applied - like when a
> filter says 'copy' you will end up with a copy of the email every
> time
> the filter is automatically run.  Also if you filter on content,
> every
> single mail will have to be downloaded, which might be a problem for
> large mailboxes.  I know *you* don't do this in your filters, but it
> has the potential to cause more problems than it solves.
>
> There are other options though. You can only show the last 5 days
> messages in the folder - the messages are still there, but it can
> declutter the folder.  Or you could leave the messages where they are
> and use a search folder to only show you the messages you want to see
> (basically the inverse of your filter).
>
> P.
>
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