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.
> 

I'd vote for simplicity also. But there is the possibility to filter 
doing the match on the messages flag (even the deleted one) : so do we 
forget this possibility (ie no match on deleted flag) or do it as an 
exception?
Bye
Manu