Thanks. Strangely enough when I went to do that I noticed I had done it
for some filters. Must have been something I stumbled on and forgot
about since I never really consciously saw it in action. Will have to
pass this on. Thanks.


On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 18:37, William Walsh wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 15:12, Corey Rogers wrote:
> > Hi all. I hope this is the right list. Forgive me if it isn't.
> > 
> > I'm try to propose a feature change in evolution in one of the most
> > important and powerful features of any mailer - FILTERS.
> > 
> > Rather than the current filter method used by evolution where mail is
> > apparently processed through all filters it matches I would prefer a
> > filter priority method similar to that used in Netscape/Mozilla.
> > Person's I work with who use evolution to send email have been
> > complaining about the filter mechanism where 1 email goes to multiple
> > groups. This can be overcome but that requires excessive rules for each
> > filter. A priority design would be more adequate where an email is
> > processed by the first filter it matches then discarded for another.
> > 
> > I also use evolution as my main client and for palm synchronization. I
> > have used it just before the 1.0 stage and believe a priority method is
> > much preferred over any other especially for the casual user and power
> > users will also find it less complicated than it is at current.
> 
> All you have to do is add a final action to your filter to stop
> processing on that message, and it does not pass through to the other
> filters.
> 
> Then order the filters by priority.
> 
> I had the same complait/problem when I first started using Evolution,
> but when I was "Educated" in doing this, it actually makes much more
> sense, and allows you do have more creative filtering.
> 
> -- 
> William Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 

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