[Evolution] Filter on other than INBOX
Not Zed
notzed@ximian.com
Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:51:07 +0800
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On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 10:43 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Hi NotZed !
>
> Le mardi 12 avril 2005 à 09:45 +0800, Not Zed a écrit :
> > 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.
>
> What would be pretty cool is a way to assign colors to mails server-
> side. Back in the days I tried to insert some X-Evolution-Colors (or
> something like that, I can't remember how Evo called this field) to the
> mails by hand but it was stripped by Evo. Nowadays it seems Evo stores
> that somewhere in the summary. I'd really like to be able to colorize
> mails subjects on the server (next step is to edit server-side filters
> from within Evo, but I'd be happy with a homemade filer).
Hmm, yes, that would be handy. The only way i could see this working
would be if we changed to using imap flags for labels, and then you'd
only need to work out how to assign the 'flags' on the imap side (which
may not be that easy either). It would limit the 'colours' to the 5
labels (which would be better than nothing at least).
There is of course, a non-trivial amount of work to get this to work
this way, but it would have the added benefit of working across multiple
clients to the same imap folders and storing this state server-side
(well, where the server supports this feature). I think it could also
be compatible with mozilla mail's labels too.
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On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 10:43 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi NotZed !</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Le mardi 12 avril 2005 à 09:45 +0800, Not Zed a écrit :</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 15:56 +0300, Juha Sorensen wrote: </FONT>
<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>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> If you're already filtering on the server, you should just do all your</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> filtering there. Otherwise, don't do any there and just put the mail</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> in inbox? Client-side IMAP filtering is a nasty/slow/unreliable hack,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> server-side filtering is much perferrable if available.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">What would be pretty cool is a way to assign colors to mails server-</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">side. Back in the days I tried to insert some X-Evolution-Colors (or</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">something like that, I can't remember how Evo called this field) to the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">mails by hand but it was stripped by Evo. Nowadays it seems Evo stores</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">that somewhere in the summary. I'd really like to be able to colorize</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">mails subjects on the server (next step is to edit server-side filters</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">from within Evo, but I'd be happy with a homemade filer).</FONT>
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Hmm, yes, that would be handy. The only way i could see this working would be if we changed to using imap flags for labels, and then you'd only need to work out how to assign the 'flags' on the imap side (which may not be that easy either). It would limit the 'colours' to the 5 labels (which would be better than nothing at least).<BR>
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There is of course, a non-trivial amount of work to get this to work this way, but it would have the added benefit of working across multiple clients to the same imap folders and storing this state server-side (well, where the server supports this feature). I think it could also be compatible with mozilla mail's labels too.<BR>
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