Re: [Evolution] message filters not working

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> > > The one I created for the evolution-list gnome org works fine, but the
> > > ones I have created for my various ubuntu and security mailing lists
> > > don't work.  I created all the rules the same.
> > >
> > > Basically, filter on mailing list and I double-check the mailing-list
> > > name/address. I then tell the filter to move the message to a folder on
> > > my local system.
> >
> > The easiest way is to right click on one of the mailing list messages,
> > select "Create rule from message" -> "Filter based on mailing list".  If
> > there is not the information in the mailing list messages to be able to
> > filter, then that option won't be present.
> >
> > (The mailing list filtering requires certain headers to be present -
> > it's not just based on the list mail address - the headers all start
> > 'List-')
> But *very many* mailing lists don't have those List headers.

Sure, but that's not Evo's fault!  In that case you can't filter as a
mailing list, you will have to filter on sender address.  The "Filter on
Mailing List" *requires* those headers to be present - that's how Evo
knows that it's a mailing list email, otherwise it looks like any other
email to Evo.

P.