Re: [Evolution] IMAP filter question

[John Schmidt <jschmidt amis com>]

On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 04:31, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 17:34, John Schmidt wrote:
> > I just switched to IMAP and filters aren't automatically working. 
> > Should I have to manually execute "Apply Filters" on new messages in
> > my Inbox?  
> > 
> > I've re-created a couple of filters and I've turned on the  "Apply
> > filters to new messages in INBOX on this server" option.  I thought
> > that combination should do the trick but it doesn't.
> > 
>
> The option should really say 'Apply filters to unseen messages....' -
> and the "unseen" applies to all applications that read your inbox - so
> if you access your imap account via another route (another MUA or even a
> new mail notifier) then the messages are "seen" and the filters don't
> apply.  Think of it another way - the messages in bold are "unread",
> they aren't necessarily "new".
>
> Pete

Thanks for that insight.  However my original problem still remains, that filters do not get executed automatically.  They work perfectly when I run them manually, so I think they're set up ok.

Is this behavior to be expected when using IMAP?