Re: [Evolution] Export filters?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 09:30 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
> Is it possible to export or otherwise port a set of filters to another
> copy of evo?  I am running 3 copies of evo on mostly the same mail
> accounts (some differences so not identical) - home, work desktop, work
> laptop)
>
> The filters I am using are getting a bit complex to manage across 3
> instances - it would be nice if I can build the filters, export and
> import into the other copies.

This is a long-standing enhancement request which so far has not been
implemented.

> Alternatively, is it possible to grab filters.xml from one machine and
> replace the one on the others with it?

Not directly. If you look at the XML file you'll see it contains
account-specific strings which include the host name, mainly in folder
names which are shown as URIs. However it shouldn't be too hard to
change them via a Perl or Sed script.

poc