Do you mean new as in unread, or new as in recent?
> > Hello, > > I should have added that I'm sure Evolution is the only IMAP client > looking at my mail, yet when I start it up it doesn't apply filters to > the many new messages in my INBOX. > > Maybe there is something wrong with the IMAP server I am using such that > it is not marking mails as "\Recent" correctly ? > > Again, it only seems to be mails tha arrive while I'm actually connected > to the IMAP server with Evolution that get filtered. > > Dave. > > > On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 20:24, Dan Winship wrote: > > On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 15:10, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > IMAP filters are only applied when *new* mail arrives in the INBOX > > > folder - what I mean by *new* is that the server declares them as > > > "\Recent" or whatever. > > > > Ah, right, that's probably your problem. The IMAP server will tell > > Evolution a messages is "Recent" if this is the first session to be told > > about that message. But if you connected earlier from another IMAP > > client, then it won't be Recent when Evolution sees it. > > > > The reason we only filter Recent messages is because you might have a > > "mark messages from my boss as Important" filter, but if you turn the > > flag off by hand, you don't want Evolution to re-mark it next time you > > start up. (Likewise for if Evolution filters a message into another > > folder, and you decide to move it back to INBOX.) > > > > -- Dan > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
