Re: [Evolution] Rules bug?

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Sun, 2021-07-25 at 23:55 +0200, Ángel wrote:
> On 2021-07-21 at 10:28 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> > the idea behind the default value is that the filters may forward
> > multiple message, thus it's better to pile them up and flush the
> > Outbox at once, rather than connect to the sending server for each
> > message separately.
> If you receive 5 emails, and 3 of them match a rule (or two) which
> forward them to both Alice and Bob, it makes sense not to create 6
> separate connections, but to batch them at once.

I concur;  e-mail (SMTP) has always been a store-n-forward scheme which
depends on spooling and batching.  E-mail is not a form of instant
messaging.

> However, I think the expectation would be that they _do_ get sent
> automatically, not that the user will need a manual outbox flush.
> The tricky part would be when mixed with normal outbox mail.

I am on the fence.  Evolution is a mail client for a desktop
environment.  If someone wants always-on automated services then that's
what servers are for; there are service-side filtering systems such as
SIEVE.   This seems like an example of use-the-right-tool-for-the-job.

> Trying to make it behave as expected without complicating it, maybe
> it could do something like this:

Is it possible to ask Evolution to send/receive via d-bus?   If that is
possible a very simple external app - or script - could request
Evolution s&r every n minutes.

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Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA