Re: [Evolution] Replacing POP by IMAP - Was: [solved] Is there a workaround for deleting messages after 1 day from the server?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2016-06-23 at 09:42 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-06-23 at 13:36 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Thu, 2016-06-23 at 12:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > > To me it sounds like what you really need is server-side
> > > > filtering.
> > > But then there would be the need to use the provider's web 
> > > interfaces and those usually are a PITA.
> > I do that all the time. In fact I no longer use Evolution's
> > filtering
> > at all. It's all done in Gmail, including junk control.
>
> I have a Cyrus IMAP instance - where all the filtering is done by the
> server - setup via Sieve & Horde's Ingo application.  
>
> So I rarely use client-side [Evolution in my case] filters.
>
> Server side filtering is in almost every way a superior solution - it
> just happens - at the time the message is delivered - so even things
> like auto-responses work.

Agreed. The only case I can think of where it *may* be slightly
suboptimal is if one wanted identical filters for multiple accounts on
different servers, but that's quite a stretch.

poc