[Evolution] IMAP filter question

[Pete Biggs]

On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 15:56, John Schmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 04:31, Pete Biggs wrote: 
> > On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 17:34, John Schmidt wrote:
> > > I just switched to IMAP and filters aren't automatically working. 
> > > Should I have to manually execute "Apply Filters" on new messages in
> > > my Inbox?  
> > > 
> > > I've re-created a couple of filters and I've turned on the  "Apply
> > > filters to new messages in INBOX on this server" option.  I thought
> > > that combination should do the trick but it doesn't.
> > > 
> > 
> > The option should really say 'Apply filters to unseen messages....' -
> > and the "unseen" applies to all applications that read your inbox - so
> > if you access your imap account via another route (another MUA or even a
> > new mail notifier) then the messages are "seen" and the filters don't
> > apply.  Think of it another way - the messages in bold are "unread",
> > they aren't necessarily "new".
> > 
> Thanks for that insight.  However my original problem still remains,
> that filters do not get executed automatically.  They work perfectly
> when I run them manually, so I think they're set up ok.

I use IMAP exclusively over 4 or 5 accounts and the filters work fine. 
I only have to apply them manually (i.e. do Ctrl-A, Ctrl-Y) if I've
accessed the mail from elsewhere - for instance, I run Evo at home as
well, but some of the filters I use at work move mail to local folders
(where I can ignore it), so I leave mail unread when looking at it at
home so that the filters at work will move it to the right place - but
because I have 'seen' that mail, even though it is 'unread', the filters
won't automatically move it.

So, are you sure there isn't another application that is accessing your
IMAP folders?  As I said, it could be a mail alert widget or another
MUA.

Pete

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