Re: [Evolution] Having to manually fire filters

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

Well can you be a bit more specific then?

I thought it was just leaving some messages in inbox that you expected
elsewhere, which imho isn't particularly serious.  If its doing
something else, then well, its something else entirely isn't it.

How are you getting mail; most providers use different paths.
What are your mail filters.

etc etc.

On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 08:20, Steve Chaney wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 06:55, Not Zed wrote:
> > If messages arrive while filtering is in progress, this is still going
> > to happen.  Certainly nothing has been changed in the code for months.
> >
> > I can't see it being fixed any time soon either because of the way
> > filtering works.  Its probably not that hard to fix, but isn't likely to
> > be a priority ...
>
> Jeez, that's a pretty serious issue... messages are being put in the
> wrong folders on my system, before I re-run the filters (which puts them
> in the right place). Worse yet it seems my delete filters may have
> munched a few innocent emails I've waited to get but haven't...but I am
> not yet seeing hard proof of that. That WOULD be disastrous.
>
> I have several mailing lists re: linux and its apps (so I can know my
> own system inside and out, and not bug you with emails like this), and
> like a billion buddies who email me (and I put 'em in their own
> folders). Evolution has helped me manage this magnificently, but I use a
> lot of filters and folders. Outlook didn't muck these things up.... it
> only left me in fear of receiving a js, activex or other kinda embedded
> virus that would wipe out my system (hence I'd use Evo over outlook even
> if Evolution crashed on startup).
>
> The reasoning behind 'its probably easy to fix' coupled with how bad
> this -could- mess up email retrieval... oh well, I guess I can live with
> this, or I'll have to live with it.
>
> I wish there was a solution I could implement on the user end...
>
>
> -- Steve