Re: [Evolution] filters.xml

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 18:12, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le jeu 03/07/2003 à 01:48, Michael Rensing a écrit :
> > Now that evolution appears to have the ability to pipe messages to
> > scripts, I'm thinking of shutting down procmail and letting evolution do
> > all my filtering. The problem is that I've got a LOT of filter rules
> > defined in procmail. It looks like I'm in for a lot of mouse clicking.
> >
> > One of the things that could help would be to edit the filters.xml file
> > directly. Is it safe to do this, or would it screw up evolution?
>
> I've already done that, it works well. I didn't even need to restart
> Evo, the changes applied instantly.

Nod, they're read every time filtering occurs.

Be careful not to break the xml file in any way though, although i guess
at worst it will just not filter at all.

I'm impressed (well, surprised) evolution's filtering stuff would
adequately replace procmail, tho i guess it depends on the case.

Also note that evo can't yet use a script as a filter (i.e. the script
can't alter the message), only as a test.