Re: [Evolution] Filters not working on IMAP server

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 07:38, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 14:09, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> --snip--
> > The only other idea that I have has to do with my IMAP server. Courier
> > creates a default "INBOX" folder which stores EVERYTHING. All of your
> > other folders become subfolders of INBOX. It also creates an INBOX.Inbox
> > folder which is, essentially, just a link to INBOX. The possibility
> > being that Evolution doesn't believe Inbox is really INBOX, and will
> > only filter INBOX. I'm going to test that now by closing out evolution
> > and letting a few messages come in and seeing if it works then by going
> > straight to INBOX.
>
> This was the culprit. I had to be in INBOX and not INBOX.Inbox (even
> though they're the same folder). Is this really bug-worthy, or would it
> be considered more of an IMAP server bug?

Well it sounds more imap server bugish.  "inbox" (case insensitive) is
supposed to be where new mail arrives, even when you also have a
namespace.