Re: [Evolution] disabling junk plugin

[Carl Schaefer <schaefer trilug org>]

On Sat, 2014-06-28 at 08:45 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > Using the manual Junk button without having a junk processor installed
> > > is somewhat unusual. You might consider marking messages for later
> > > followup (Shift-Ctrl-G) or using labels.
> >
> > what I like about Ctrl-J is that messages are immediately refiled into
> > Junk. 
>
> What do you do with them once they are labelled as junk?

forward them to KnujOn, see http://www.knujon.com/sendusspam.html

I considered installing a script to /usr/bin/bogofilter that would do
this for me, but occasionally I press ^J by accident and like the
ability to undo that.

> > I don't see a way to do that with Shift-Ctrl-G, and with labels
> > I'd need to apply a label (is there a shortcut for that?) and then apply
> > filters with Ctrl-Y to refile.
> >
> > Does it seem unreasonable to have a "none" option for
> > junk-default-plugin?
>
> Yes, essentially.
>
> The junk filter is basically a way of automatically tagging a message as
> possibly being unwanted.  Pressing the junk button manually tags that
> message *so that the automated junk filter can then learn what is and is
> not junk*.  As such having a "none" option is fairly pointless, since
> the junk button then has no purpose other than making the message
> disappear.

it makes the message disappear, and reappear in Junk, allowing me to
easily process those messages and undo any mistakes I've made.
Pointless or not, it's exactly the functionality that I want.  I guess
it's fortunate that it works as well for me as it does, in the absence
of a plugin.
Carl