Re: [Evolution] all of my archived emails dissapeared

[Richard Bown <richard g8jvm com>]

On Fri, 2018-07-20 at 01:06 +0200, Ángel wrote:
> On 2018-07-19 at 18:49 +0100, Richard Bown wrote:
> > On Thu, 2018-07-19 at 12:32 -0500, Christopher Marlow wrote:
> > > I would sort the mail lists by their addresses into
> > > different folders so I would know what list i'm reading / talking
> > > back to. 
> > >
> > > Folders like:
> > > HAM_RADIO_LIST_A
> > > HAM_RADIO_LIST_B
> > >
> > > then filter HamRadioListA HamRadio com then sort into
> > > HAM_RADIO_LIST_A
> > > folder.
> >
> > Hiya
> >  But its not that simple when some can post to several mailing
> > lists
> > and some crosspost between lists.
>
> This _shouldn't_ be a problem by itself.
>
> > You cant filter on list as not all the lists are easily identified
> > as
> > such.
>
> I would consider a bug in the list. However, you could still use a
> more
> complex condition to filter it (check the recipient addresses, or
> even
> the server that sent it).
>
> I too, like keeping mails to different lists/groups on separated
> folders. As each list should be sending you a copy, filtering on list
> would move each one to its folder.
>
> However, what breaks it are the case where the recipient list has
> been
> "conveniently" unified, either by the mail provider (eg. Gmail) or a
> list server shared by both lists (eg. Exchange).
> There is a variant in the case that the mail server sees that you are
> explicitly listed as a recipient and skips sending you the list
> email,
> which is the mailman default, but that can be disabled by the user.
>
> The problem in such case is that you have *one* email that needs to
> be
> filed into *two* folders, because you should have received it
> *twice*,
> but you didn't. ☹
>
>
> > Filters are boolean , so you cant use "maybe"
>
> How would that help? If a human secretary asked you "Where do I file
> this bill?" and you reply with "Maybe on <a dozen of places>", so it
> essentially ends up saved into a random one, how do you expect to
> find
> it later?
>
>
>
> > Perhaps one day we will have AI filters
>
> That will mainly be a marketing label, not as useful as the name
> makes
> it look like
>
> > then you could filter on the perceived IQ of the poster, then you
> > can filter on dumb, dumber and
> > dumber :-), 
>
> but this is actually a funny idea :)
>
>
> Cheers
Hi 
I'm glad you were able to see it was a humorous statement

Its not a bug , so nothing to be filed.
Comparing a list of about 50 e-mail addresses against several mailing lists take time, especially as it has 
to be batched.
The filters I have catch about 80% of instances, and only becomes a problem if I read mail on my phone first, 
so it becomes marked as read.
Which means in Evo its not highlited, hence then having to search to find where it went.
Nothing to do with lazyness or idleness or not being able to write a filter, its a case of keeping process 
time and cpu loading low.
A habit I've got into running ARM SBCs
I hope that clarifies the case

-- 
 Best wishes /73 
 Richard Bown
 
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