Re: [Evolution] Problem with `search folders'

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

On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 20:24 +0100, Barrie Stott wrote: 
> Many thanks for the reply, Patrick.
> On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 13:04 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 13:24 +0100, Barrie Stott wrote:
> > > I'm reasonably new to evolution and am having a problem with search
> > > folders.
> > >
> > > As you will have seen, my email address is zen146410 zen co uk and I
> > > want to arrange that all messages from(to) me to(from) an address ending
> > > with zen.co.uk (but not zen146410 zen co uk itself) are in search
> > > folder: zen. I guessed at the the scheme rule wehre I'm searching for
> > > `ends with':
> > >
> > >   (and "zen.co.uk" (not "zen146410 zen co uk"))
> > >
> > > I could find no relevant information in the Evolution manual so I'd be
> > > very grateful for some help.
> >
> > What's wrong with specifying both rules when creating the Search Folder,
> > making sure they are both applied? No need to write in Scheme.
> The actual thing I want is:
>       (SENDER ends with zen146410 zen co uk AND
>        RECEIVER ends with zen.co.uk AND
>        RECEIVER does not end with zen146410 zen co uk)
> OR
>       (RECEIVER ends with zen146410 zen co uk AND
>        SENDER ends with zen.co.uk AND
>        SENDER does not end with zen146410 zen co uk)
> Unfortunately, the overriding way of connecting is a choice between:
> 'if any criteria are met' => all conditions ORed together
> `if all criteria are met' => all conditions ANDed together

So create two rules, each with the subcriteria anded together. If the
first rule doesn't fire, the second one will be tried, otherwise not
(make sure to stop processing if the first rule fires). Can't say I've
ever done something this complex, but in theory it should work.

> That's why I tried scheme.
>
> > > Almost as an aside, you will notice the faulty spelling `wehre' instead
> > > of `where' above. Can I invoke some spelling checker and, if so, how?
> >
> > Edit->Check Spelling (or F7) in the Composer invokes a spell checker.
> > You need to have gnome-spell installed.
>
> I've looked and don't have Edit => Check Spelling in either Evolution or
> its Composer.

Do you have at least one language selected under
Preferences->Composer->Spell Checking?

> In case it's relevant, I have Evolution-2.6.3-6 and gnome-spell-1.0.7-1
> as part of my Debian etch linux system.

2.6 is pretty ancient. The latest stable version is 2.12. I'd upgrade if possible.

poc