Re: [Evolution] Applying filters automatically

[NotZed <notzed ximian com>]

Do you mean new as in unread, or new as in recent?

> Hello,
>
> I should have added that I'm sure Evolution is the only IMAP client
> looking at my mail, yet when I start it up it doesn't apply filters to
> the many new messages in my INBOX.
>
> Maybe there is something wrong with the IMAP server I am using such that
> it is not marking mails as "\Recent" correctly ?
>
> Again, it only seems to be mails tha arrive while I'm actually connected
> to the IMAP server with Evolution that get filtered.
>
> Dave.
>
>
> On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 20:24, Dan Winship wrote:
> > On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 15:10, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > > IMAP filters are only applied when *new* mail arrives in the INBOX
> > > folder - what I mean by *new* is that the server declares them as
> > > "\Recent" or whatever.
> >
> > Ah, right, that's probably your problem. The IMAP server will tell
> > Evolution a messages is "Recent" if this is the first session to be told
> > about that message. But if you connected earlier from another IMAP
> > client, then it won't be Recent when Evolution sees it.
> >
> > The reason we only filter Recent messages is because you might have a
> > "mark messages from my boss as Important" filter, but if you turn the
> > flag off by hand, you don't want Evolution to re-mark it next time you
> > start up. (Likewise for if Evolution filters a message into another
> > folder, and you decide to move it back to INBOX.)
> >
> > -- Dan
>
>
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