Re: [Evolution] Mark as read in message filter

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Sat, 2019-08-17 at 17:22 +0100, Mark @ StantonCentral wrote:
> Thanks for that Andre,
>
> The first link is very useful, I get a 404 with the second one.

Both are also in the Evolution Help that comes with every copy of
Evolution:

 Help->Contents (or F1)
  Mail Management -> Sorting and Organizing Mail -> Using Filters
  Common Mail Questions -> Mail Filters are not Working

> The first link points out (in effect) that "mark as read" should be
> applied before "move to folder", which I didn't know.  I have, however,
> changed my filters to mark the message read before moving it, and they
> still arrive in the new folder as unread.

I know you said "Mark as Read" doesn't work on its own, and I'm sorry
to press you on it, but are you sure?  It certainly works for me and
others.

> Not only is that not very intuitive, but it's allowing the user to do
> something worthless, without warning.

You can be assured that if such checks were put in place, it would take
a day or so before someone complains that it's not letting them do what
they want to do.

> I imagine the programming to prevent making this combination available
> might be ugly, but...

Please feel free to file an enhancement request in git.gnome.org - and
if you do, please link to it from this thread so others in the future
can easily find it.

P.