Re: [Evolution] Advice

[Ross Burton <r burton 180sw com>]

> > > 5. Client & server-side rules are BIG! This should be really easy
> > > to
> > > configure and if they can work on the server (e.g., edit Procmail
> > > rules
> > > from the client), even better.
> > What do you mean by this? I.e., what's a client-side rule vs. a
> > server side
> > rule?
> client-side rules run after a message is sent/received by the client
> -- the client does the work. so you can do things like pop up a dialog
> box telling you something, or whatever. server-side rules are meant
> mostly just to sort your mail between folders or send auto-replies.
> each type is useful in different contexts, but in my opinion,
> server-side are better.

Are procmail rules and evolution rules similar in capability?  I guess
that procmail rules are more powerfull, but would it be possible to
write a converter from Evolution rules to a .procmailrc file, which
could be dumped on a server.  Here our home drives are mounted over NFS,
so if I edit my "local" .procmailrc file the server runs it.  Because of
this Evolution could easily edit server-side rules (which I feel are
better as then any mail client can be used).

Ross
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