Re: [Evolution-hackers] Spam filtering thoughts

[Ettore Perazzoli <ettore ximian com>]

On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 16:40, Joe Shaw wrote:
> >       * In the case of IMAP mail, when would the spam value get
> >         measured?  We have to download the message before we decide
> >         whether it's spam or not.  I guess if we make Evolution download
> >         all messages by default in the background for offline then we
> >         can just hook the spam detection to that.  (But if the user
> >         turns that off, then detection wouldn't happen until she opens
> >         the message.)
> 
> I believe in Mail.app this is actually an option, although I don't
> remember if it's global or per-store.  You can choose to download
> headers, data, or data and attachments IIRC.  It warns you that spam
> filtering isn't available if you do headers-only, but it then does it
> when the message is opened.

Yeah, this is what I had in mind.  Michael has a patch that toggles full
downloading on and off, I guess we could add an option for downloading
attachments as well...

(And in our case I think it's per store.)

-- Ettore