[Evolution] background email filtering

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:58:00 +0800

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Well, not very easily:

     1. You could setup a script which ran the dummy X server, Xvfb,
        then run up an evolution instance running in that which checked
        the mail.
     2. You could write a script/program which talked to the mail
        component via CORBA.  Activated it, and then called
        sendAndReceive on it.  That would probably still need a (dummy)
        X server.

So, in theory it is possible, although it isn't very simple and perhaps
not entirely what you're after.  I guess you can't just leave evo
running overnight?

On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 10:00 +0000, Bryan Cole wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to run evolution to download and filter emails from a cron
> job?
> 
> When I startup Evo in the mornings, all my unfiltered new mail appears in
> the Inbox (most of which is spam / mailing list stuff). I must them wait
> for a few minutes while Evo filters the mail, in order to get to the
> relevant stuff. I'd like to filter mail automatically every 30 mins say,
> so that when I log in, I don't have a huge backlog awaiting processing.
> 
> N.B. Don't bother telling me to use fetchmail/procmail/sieve/etc.. I'm
> stuck with an exchange server without server-side filtering options.
> 
> cheers,
> Bryan
> 
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Well, not very easily:<BR>
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    <LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1>You could setup a script which ran the dummy X server, Xvfb, then run up an evolution instance running in that which checked the mail.
    <LI TYPE=1 VALUE=2>You could write a script/program which talked to the mail component via CORBA.&nbsp; Activated it, and then called sendAndReceive on it.&nbsp; That would probably still need a (dummy) X server.
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So, in theory it is possible, although it isn't very simple and perhaps not entirely what you're after.&nbsp; I guess you can't just leave evo running overnight?<BR>
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On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 10:00 +0000, Bryan Cole wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi,</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Is it possible to run evolution to download and filter emails from a cron</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">job?</FONT>

When I startup Evo in the mornings, all my unfiltered new mail appears in
the Inbox (most of which is spam / mailing list stuff). I must them wait
for a few minutes while Evo filters the mail, in order to get to the
relevant stuff. I'd like to filter mail automatically every 30 mins say,
so that when I log in, I don't have a huge backlog awaiting processing.

N.B. Don't bother telling me to use fetchmail/procmail/sieve/etc.. I'm
stuck with an exchange server without server-side filtering options.

<FONT COLOR="#000000">cheers,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Bryan</FONT>

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