Re: [Evolution] Filter Problems

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

I believe I've just fixed this problem in CVS so the next snapshot
should reflect this. If it doesn't, let me know.

Jeff

On 22 Jul 2001 01:11:18 -0400, Sejal Patel wrote:
> Hey Evolutionaries,
>   I've noticed a problem in the filters lately and figured it was just a
> specific snapshot bug until I saw it in the beta release I just
> installed.  The problem is that if I have a filter setup to move a
> message a folder like Foo and then tell it to stop processing then it
> will move the file from any folder except the Foo folder to the Foo
> folder.  If you are in the Foo folder and run the filter, it will simply
> delete the message and do nothing else.  
>   This becomes a really big problem if someone suddenly decides to make
> a subfolder in Foo called Bar and then do a new filter criteria and then
> goes through all the folders selecting all the messages and clicking on
> the 'Apply Filters' option.  
>   Logically you would expect it to simply go through and leave messages
> alone if they are already in the appropriate location and move the
> messages if they are not but instead it will move the messages if they
> meet the new filters and get deleted if they were already in the correct
> location.  
>
> --
> Sejal Patel (sejal iname com)
>
> "I can call spirits from the vasty deep.  Why so can I, or so can any
> man;
> but will they come when you do call for them?"
>                                         Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part
> I
>
>
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