Re: [Evolution] Filters on Folders

[Joseph Phillips <jphillips amphus com>]

On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 18:17, Not Zed wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 15:34 -0700, Joseph Phillips wrote:
> > I just tried setting the "Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this
> > server" in the Receiving Options of my Mail Account.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it doesn't work.
>
> Did you restart evo?  That and a few other options don't enable till you
> restart (bad i know, but easier ot restart than to fix atm).

Thanks for the feedback.

I just tried restarting evolution, and it still doesn't work.

On another point, I noticed that the "Ctl + Y" action (Apply Filters)
only applies the filter to the particular mail that I have selected. 
But, I would expect that "Ctl + Y" would apply the filter to the entire
folder that I am currently viewing.  The reason for this expectation is
that it's very frustrating to have to individually click on each
individual mail item and repeatedly press "Ctrl + Y" on all of them.  It
sort of defeats the purpose of having an automatic filter if I have to
perform repeated manual steps.

In addition, the "Ctl +E" action (Expunge) applies to the entire folder
that I am currently viewing, not just the individual mail that I have
selected.  So the behavior of these two actions--"Ctl +Y" and "Ctl +E"--
are inconsistent with each other.


> > I received some new mail from a mailing list that I have a filter rule
> > to move to one of my local folders, but the mail remains in my inbox
> > without getting moved.
> >
> > If I manually select "Appy Filters", then it gets moved properly.  It's
> > just not working automatically like I would expect.
> >
> > Any more ideas?  Thanks.
>
> Unfortunately the way we detect messages doesn't work on some servers
> that dont implement imap to spec, and/or if you have multiple clients
> accessing a given account simultaneously.  So you may be stuck if
> restarting doesn't work.`

The server that I am connecting to is Microsoft Exchange running on an
NT4 server.  I do not have multiple clients accessing this account.

> > On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 14:11, guenther wrote:
> > > > The emails only get moved out to the folder, once I choose "Actions >
> > > > Apply Filters".
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to have the filter automatically applied whenever a new
> > > > email is received?
> > >
> > > Have you set "Apply Filters" for the account?
> > >
> > >  Tools / Settings / Mail Accounts / <account> Edit / Receiving Options
> > >  [x] Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this server
> > >
> > >
> > > > By the way, my Inbox is connecting via IMAP to an NT 4.0 Exchange
> > > > Server.
> > >
> > > Dunno, if the Exchange server matters, but that is the option for IMAP
> > > accounts.
> > >
> > > ...guenther
> >
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