[Evolution] Converting from Kmail

[Jon Biddell]

> 1. Duplicate messages - currently Evo doesn't provide for the deletion
> of
> duplicate messages in a mailbox (not the whole mail account, just one
> folder). Kmail 1.6 allows this, and it was a godsend when converting
> from a
> Wintendo environment. Is this a possible addition ?
>
>
> If I recall correctly, this was considered and not implemented-- it's
> not clear that nearly-identical messages can be identified properly
> without a lot of processing.

Interesting - I wonder how the kmail guys do it - it seems to work pretty 
well, with only the rarest of false deletions - I had a mailbox with 16k 
messages (deliberately created to test it) which was a double-import of 
another mailbox - I *knew* there would be exactly 8192 duplicates, and kmail 
shot through the file in less than 30 seconds.

> 2. Application of filters - currently Evo only allows filters to be
> applied on
> incomming or outgoing email. A "manual" option is needed, if not on a
> rule by
> rule basis (which would be my personal preference), for all the rules
> currently defined. The reason: many people have their email all comming
> in to
> one inbox, like to scan it and read the important stuff BEFORE applying
> filters to move it to relevant mailboxes for storage purposes.
>
> This one does exist: go to whatever folder you want filtered, then press
> Ctrl-A (select all), Ctrl-Y (applY filters).
>
> You have to select them all; otherwise it just filters the one message.
> Cheers, a.

Yes, I realise that, but when messages come in they are filtered automatically 
(although, as Ron just pointed out, you can turn off the automatic filtering 
in the account setup). What is needed is a third filter category of "manual" 
- those rules NEVER get invoked automatically. So we have "incomming" and 
"outgoing", which get applied automatically, and "manual" which must be 
MANUALLY invoked.

For example, in kmail I have all my mail go into the InBox where I read/scan 
it before filtering it (invoking the filters manually) - except for log files 
from several systems which I manage which are automatically filtered into the 
appropriate mailbox as they arrive. Others get filtered as I reply to them..

I know the duplicates problem may be a bit more involved programming-wise than 
I understand, but surely the addition of another rule category is reasonably 
trivial ?  I'm not trying to dictate how Evo should work by any means, it 
just seems to me to be a logical addition (and even Outlook can do it !!)

Jon