Re: [Evolution] Rules and such

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

Hi,

answer below.

On Tue, 2020-09-29 at 16:39 -0500, Christopher Marlow wrote:
> Before ya'll tell me to RTFM aka real the help manual I have a
> problem
> with filters
>
> My problem with the filters is..... I have my AOL ( yes I still have
> AOL ) imap account setup to move emails off of the server to my inbox
> on ON MY COMPUTER.
>
> I have that rule set up as the very first rule.
>
> I have the rule set up as:
>
> Rule Incoming
> For the account: CWM030 aol com
> Match all conditions
>
> then.......
> Move to folder On My computer/ inbox
> Stop Processing
>
> The only problem with that is......
>
> I get this email from fonts101.com at my AOL account
>
> Okay when all of the emails are moved from the AOL account to inbox
> on
> my computer the problem is when the filters run, It will not catch
> that
> fonts101.com email that I have a filter set up for and move it to my
> fonts folder on saved on this computer.
>
> SO basically what I am saying is I have 2 rules
>
> One is to move all emails from AOL to saved on my computer / inbox
>
> then another rule to move emails from fonts101.com to a folder called
> Font Of The Day
>
> And the 2nd rule is not working its leaving the email in my inbox.

See "Stop Processing" on
https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/mail-filters-actions.html
and see the warning under bullet point 6 on
https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/mail-filters.html

Cheers,
andre
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Andre Klapper  |  ak-47 gmx net
https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/