Re: [Evolution] Invoking filters automatically

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> The objective of this filter is move old emails to a folder, but I want
> them to stay on inbox for a while, so I can read them without going
> through the folders, but evolution only processes emails with the "new"
> flag.
> So my solution right now is to select all messages and run apply
> filters. Altough this works its kinda tedious and I always keep
> forgetting to do this, so my Inbox gets cluttered real fast.
>
> So is there a way to invoke the filters automatically? 

No, filters can only be applied to new mail. I can think of lots of
reasons why filters shouldn't be periodically applied - like when a
filter says 'copy' you will end up with a copy of the email every time
the filter is automatically run.  Also if you filter on content, every
single mail will have to be downloaded, which might be a problem for
large mailboxes.  I know *you* don't do this in your filters, but it
has the potential to cause more problems than it solves.

There are other options though. You can only show the last 5 days
messages in the folder - the messages are still there, but it can
declutter the folder.  Or you could leave the messages where they are
and use a search folder to only show you the messages you want to see
(basically the inverse of your filter).

P.