Re: [Evolution] moving folders from local to imap doesn't update filters

[Art Alexion <art rhd org>]

On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 11:04 -0500, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 07:09 -0500, Art Alexion wrote:
> > I know the following breaks filters.  Delete a destination folder.
> > Recreate it with the same name. The filter is still there, i.e. the
> > test portion is there, but there is no destination.
> >
> > I have done this using web access to the account when there is no
> easy
> > way to otherwise empty the folder.
> >
> > I think this is evidence that the filtration back end tracks folders
> > in suc a way that any modifications to the folders breaks the
> filter.
>
> No it isn't. If it's evidence of anything, it's that the filter code
> doesn't remember that you once had a folder with a specific name but
> then removed it (using a procedure external to Evolution). I'm not
> really surprised this doesn't work.

But if I add and immediately recreate a folder with the same name,
externally, how would Evolution even know that the folder momentarily
didn't exist?


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