Re: [Evolution] Recognizing "Junk" Header from ISP

[Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh pacbell net>]

On Thu, 2014-06-12 at 22:15 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-06-12 at 09:47 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > I'm pleased to have a couple of replies to my posting, but still no
> > answers to the question: how to recognize junk on the existence of a
> > particular header without concern for its content.
>
> Define a filter (On Specific Header) with the action Set Status to Junk.

This appears to work; incoming messages are recognized correctly.

Oddly similar searches on mail already in Inbox don't work.  Quoting
from my earlier postings:

> ... when I try to select messages from Inbox which
> have a header line starting "X-YahooFilteredBulk:" by clicking
>         Search->Advanced Search->Add Condition
> to get a choice box in which I enter:
>         Specific Header  :  X-YahooFilteredBulk  :  Exists  :  <Empty Field>
> nothing is selected, despite the fact that many such messages are in Inbox

Alternately (editing the above for a new test)

> ... when I try to select messages from Inbox which
> have a header line starting "X-YahooFilteredBulk:" by clicking
>         Search->Advanced Search->Add Condition
> to get a choice box in which I enter:
>         Specific Header  :  X-YahooFilteredBulk  :  does not contain  : xxxxxx
> all messages are selected.

Thanks - jon