Re: Filter apply rules (was Re: BALSA 2.0.7 bugs)

[Emmanuel <e allaud wanadoo fr>]

Le 2003.02.11 14:29, Peter Bloomfield a écrit :
> On 2003.02.11 13:10 Pawel Salek wrote:
> [ snip ]
>> Hm, I wonder: would anyone be interested in applying filter to 
>> messages flagged as deleted?
> 
> Surely not! A deleted but not yet expunged message is just 
> deadwood--ignore it! Undeleting it is easy enough, if the filter 
> really should apply to it.
> 
>> Would it not be best just to exclude deleted messages from filters 
>> at all?
> 
> Absolutely!
> 
>> Or from the filters that move messages around, or delete them (hm, 
>> this sounds bit inconsistent)?
>> 	 Pawel
> 
> No, no, keep it simple--apply filters to undeleted messages only.
> 

OK, but there is one exception : we can have filters matching on flags 
(even the deleted one). So do we forget filtering on undeleted flag 
(this is technically simpler) or have an exception for that one.
Bye
Manu