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On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 16:27 +0100, Richard wrote: |
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> Dear all, |
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> I use Evolution as my mail client. I receive Gentoo mailing list email |
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> at my GMail address, and access this email in Evolution over IMAP. |
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> I want Gentoo mailing list messages to go into a Gentoo mailing list |
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> folder in Evolution, and so I've setup an incoming mail filter to take |
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> all mail with a sender or recipient address matching '@lists.gentoo.org' |
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> and move it to my Gentoo mailing list folder. |
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> Despite ticking the 'Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this |
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> server' check-box in the Evolution Account Editor, I have to highlight |
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> new email and click 'Apply Filters' in Evolution's 'Message' menu so |
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> that Evolution will actually move them to the desired folder. |
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> Can anyone help with this? |
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Yes and no! I can explain why, but I don't know the workaround. - there |
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are various "bits" of info set on each email in IMAP folders (eg, |
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"unread", "replied to", "important", etc) and there's one (forget the |
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name) lets say "accessed". MUA's use this accessed bit to decide |
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whether or not to do processing, such as filtering, on each email. |
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Evolution would filter a message and then set "accessed". It does this |
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so that next time, it doesn't filter it again (I presume). It is |
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typical for IMAP servers that do their own filtering to set this |
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accessed bit on each message also, even if it stays in the inbox. (I |
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don't know if there's a gmail setting for this type of thing). |
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The same happens on my cyrus IMAP server, because I have sieve rules |
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going through my mails on the server-side. Therefore evolution sees the |
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messages as already accessed, and doesn't touch it (unless you |
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specifically say "filter"). |
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I've put this together from bits and pieces of experience, so it's |
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probably not technically correct, but I hope you get the general idea :) |
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cya, |
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-- |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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"It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them." |
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-- Alfred Adler |
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