Re: [Evolution] How could I create this type of search folder?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 00:57 +0100, ZC Miao wrote:
> When I'm reading mail list, I usually label a mail from the thread I
> focuse on, e.g. "Focused" label. And after that, I can create a search
> folder of which criteria are "includes threads all related" and "label
> is "Focused"", by which I can read all the related posts of that thread.
>
> Now I want a reverse one, I want a unfocused search folder, so that I
> could periodically delete mails that I don't care. But after I struggled
> with the search folder options for a long time, I couldn't find a way to
> do that. That is because I only labelled one mail from that thread, and
> if I create a search folder of which criteria are "includes threads all
> related" and "label is not "Focused"", unfortunately the focused threads
> were included here.
>
> So how can I create this type of search folder, or is there other way to
> archive that?

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you want, but wouldn't it be
enough to use "Label"-"Is Not"-"Focused" with no other criteria?

poc