Re: [Evolution] Disabling Junk "vFolder"

["Patrick O'Callaghan" <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 08:57 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 01:51 -0500, Richard Laager wrote:
> > I have an IMAP account configured, and there's the automatic "Junk"
> > folder showing there. Is there a way to disable it?
>
> See bug #253110 and the patch attached to it.
>
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253110
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=62031&action=view
>
> All this 'Junk' stuff on the client side is entirely suboptimal, because
> any well-run server will be doing it server-side.

True.

> Filtering doesn't
> belong in the MUA --  it ought at least to to be optional, and probably
> not enabled by default.

1) Filter *control* needs to be in the MUA. In fact people using more
than one server might argue that they prefer not having to keep their
various server-side filters synchronized (to which I reply that I prefer
not to keep my multiple MUA filters synchronized).
2) There is no standard for communicating junk control info between MUA
and server, so people write site-specific scripts (some of which assume
the user can log into the server, which is often not the case). This is
a general mail standards problem, not specific to Evo.
3) Many people still use POP, where there's no concept of server-side
folders except for the Inbox. I actually use the Evo junk controls on a
POP account, but not on my IMAP account.

Note that most of the popular MUAs now have junk control, for these very
reasons. It's a hard problem.
 
> > Alternatively, is there a way to setup something such that things which
> > are in my server-side "Junk Mail" folder get marked as "Junk" in
> > Evolution? It seems filters are only applied to the INBOX, right?
>
> I'm not sure precisely what you're asking here. If the server has
> filtered it into a separate folder, then it sounds like it's already
> being displayed in a folder in Evolution called 'Junk Mail'... what more
> do you want?

Presumably he wants to be able to deal with false positives (mark
something as *not* junk).

poc