[Evolution] Filter on other than INBOX
Not Zed
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Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:45:13 +0800
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On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 15:56 +0300, Juha Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 14:40 +0200, Fabian Roth wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I try to run a filter for incomming mails on an other folder than the
> > INBOX. The account is on an IMAP-Server, where new mails are moved from
> > Inbox to a different folder. For that folder I like to run all my
> > filters.
If you're already filtering on the server, you should just do all your
filtering there. Otherwise, don't do any there and just put the mail in
inbox? Client-side IMAP filtering is a nasty/slow/unreliable hack,
server-side filtering is much perferrable if available.
> > Thank you for any tips.
> > fabe
>
> AFAIK this is not currently possible. What I've heard is that filtering
> is not enabled for folders other than the inbox because of performance
> concerns.
Performance is one of the reasons yeah.
> This is something I've been hoping for as well, hopefully filtering
> arbitrary folders will be allowed in a future release.
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On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 15:56 +0300, Juha Sorensen wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 14:40 +0200, Fabian Roth wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hi all,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I try to run a filter for incomming mails on an other folder than the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> INBOX. The account is on an IMAP-Server, where new mails are moved from</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Inbox to a different folder. For that folder I like to run all my</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> filters.</FONT>
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If you're already filtering on the server, you should just do all your filtering there. Otherwise, don't do any there and just put the mail in inbox? Client-side IMAP filtering is a nasty/slow/unreliable hack, server-side filtering is much perferrable if available.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Thank you for any tips.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> fabe</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">AFAIK this is not currently possible. What I've heard is that filtering</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">is not enabled for folders other than the inbox because of performance</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">concerns. </FONT>
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Performance is one of the reasons yeah.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">This is something I've been hoping for as well, hopefully filtering</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">arbitrary folders will be allowed in a future release.</FONT>
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