Re: [Evolution] Rules bug?

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 12:31 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 06:49 -0400, David Frier wrote:
> > On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 06:39 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > Evolution is a mail client for a desktop
> > > environment.  If someone wants always-on automated services then
> > > that's
> > > what servers are for; there are service-side filtering systems
> > > such as
> > > SIEVE.  
> > Sorry, this is just so wrong. 
> But in this specific case you do not "press Send". It is the filter
> action that is "sending" the email.

It is also operationally incorrect.  When you press send it goes to an
Outbox and may-or-may-not immediately go to A SERVER which is not the
destination.  That server may hold the message, the message will in
most use-cases relay through the spools of multiple servers.

> however your email gets to you via a server surely. It is on that
> server that filtering such as this should arguably happen. Many email
> services already implement server side filtering (such as SIEVE) and
> you may get a better experience by investigating what your mail
> server provides.

This.  In 2021 what IMAP provider does not provide a server-side
filtering solution?

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Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam whitemice org> GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA