Re: Applying filter on mailbox with deleded messages

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 03/11/2006 03:18:33 AM Sat, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I delete/move some messages from a mailbox and applies then  
> filters to this mailbox, the filters are also applied to the  
> deleted/moved messages. And this create dups.
>
> Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc!

The issue is perhaps that the copies do not have the "deleted"  
flag set.  If they did, they'd be hidden (if you're hiding  
deleted messages) and expunged at the next expunge time, so you  
most likely wouldn't notice them.

Otoh, a user who leaves deleted messages unhidden[1] might *want*  
the filter to apply to them, but would probably also want them  
still to be marked as deleted after filtering.

Iirc, there's no particular reason for not copying the "deleted"  
flag--it just seemed kinda pointless.  Perhaps there is a point  
after all.

Best,

Peter

[1]  Balsa has users who, I believe, use the "deleted" flag to  
mark mail as uninteresting and expunge them only manually, from  
time to time.