[Evolution] Filter question / feature request

[Carl Alexander <carlalex overlords com>]

Is there a kind of a "smart wild card" that can be used in filter that
could be used to match a set of strings? Ideally, a set of strings by
reference?  

What I would like to do is use a filter to whitelist all addresses in my
address book before chucking a message to my normal filters that check
spam detection message headers added by my ISP. The motivation is to
catch the occasional false positives generated by the spam detection
headers added by my ISP that do not have my personal address book to use
as a white list.  I think the ability to have a filter to whitelist my
address book would be very powerful; Imagine not having to manually
update mail filters when you update your palm pilot. You just sync, and
boom, your whitelist is updated too in this scenario. (And yes, I know
this type of feature would require fast string matching code to not be a
huge CPU sink. Something better than a simple linear compare would be
cool.)


   --- Carl