Re: [Evolution] message filter processing order

[Karsten Bräckelmann <guenther rudersport de>]

On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 13:29 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote:
> Are message filters applied in order?  Top to bottom or bottom to top in
> the message filters list?

In order, top down.

And yes, it does make a lot of sense to add "Stop Processing" Actions to
*any* filter that is expected to be the last one matching a given
mail. :)  This holds particularly true for moving actions, and will
increase the speed slightly for really large filter lists.

Also, the more specific a filter is, the earlier it should be processed
(that means moving it up). In particular any filters matching a specific
account should be processed before more general filters. And don't
forget to add the Stop Processing, unless you really expect and want a
general filter to possibly trigger, too.

  guenther


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