Re: [Evolution] [IMAP] Filtering and Expunging

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> > "simply quitting Evo isn't enough. You have to log out or use
> > the '--force-shutdown' option to make sure the back end is no longer
> > active"
> >
> > But I've not noticed this problem (but I do use CNTL-E every so
> > often!)
> > but surely 'CNTL -D' marks it as deleted locally and moves said email
> > to
> > the Trash. Then there's options to empty Trash on exit every time
> > which
> > worked just now (as in all deleted messages disappeared when
> > restarted)
> > when I tested it.  
>
> If you expunge just before quitting Evo, then as far as explicit deletes
> go you're OK. However the backend still keeps filtering new mail, and
> every filter rule which refiles messages in folders is actually copying
> them and deleting the original, so we're back where we started.
>
> This drove me crazy till I figured it out :-)

Really!  I leave the Evo background processes going nearly all the time
(i.e. I quit evo by clicking on the 'x' icon in the icon bar of the
window) and it doesn't filter mails after it has quit.  This is using
IMAP though - don't know about Exchange - wouldn't touch it with a barge
pole.