Re: [Evolution] Filter woes

[RN <rnoor mail com>]

That was it! I reordered a couple of the filters and put stop-processing
after them and its working fine now.

Thanks!!


On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 18:19, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 17:00, Lloyd D Budd wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 15:39, RN wrote:
> [snip]
> > > The problem is that the "move to folder" and "delete" functions don't
> > > work correctly with incoming mail.  The "move" works like a "copy", and
> > > I end up with duplicate mail, and the "delete" doesn't delete.
> [snip]
> > Oddly, I was specifically looking to see if there was an update on this
> > issue.  I do not believe that there is a conclusion.
>
> I think you've been on a bit of a wild goose chase!  I noticed a similar
> behaviour with some of my filters, but not with others.  I found the
> reason is the filters work slightly differently in different versions of
> evolution.
>
> After your 'move' or 'delete' add an extra action called 'stop
> processing'.  This way, if there is another filter further down the
> line, that won't act on the message as well.  This got rid of my
> duplicates...
>
> HTH,