Re: [Evolution] Filter

[Don Doumakes <don_doumakes csgsystems com>]

On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 15:54 -0400, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 14:05 -0500, Don Doumakes wrote:
> > Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
> >
> > > hi don,
> > >
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 23.06.2005, 10:26 -0500 schrieb Don Doumakes:
> > > > I want to move all my email from the Exchange server to the local box as
> > > > soon as it arrives.  The filter rule is if match all, then move to
> > > > folder On This Computer/Inbox.  Incoming mail instead lands in the Inbox
> > > > for my Exchange account, as if the filter weren't there. 
> > >
> > > yes, because the filter does not work, see the error message below. ;-)
> > >
> > > >  And if I run
> > > > Actions/Apply Filters, I get an error message as follows:
> > > >
> > > > Error executing filter search: Unexpected token encountered:
> > > > 35: (and
> > > >         (#t)
> > > >  )
> > > > .
> > >
> > > could you try to use "if | Expression | #t" instead of "if | match all"
> > > as criterion and tell us if it works? it's entirely the same meaning.
> >
> > OK.  I tried creating a filter that would match the expression ".*" and
> > move all my email to the local inbox.  When I run the filter the error
> > message is:
> >
> > Error executing filter search: Unexpected token encountered: 257:  (and
> >   (match-all .*)
> >   )
> > .
>
> ".*" isn't #t :)
>
> "Expression" is not RegEx, it's evolution's internal s-expression syntax

Oh.

OK, I created a filter that says if Recipients contains "doumakes", put
the incoming email in On This Computer/Inbox.  When I run Apply Filters,
Jeffrey's email (above) gets moved to the local inbox.  Nothing else
moves, and there is no error message.