* Anthony E. Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020423 01:34]: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:00:32PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: > >I have had no luck getting filters to understand arbitrary headers on an > >IMAP account and understanding how the filters work is a problem (for > >me) as well. > > I don't have access to an IMAP account, but I got this working on POP3. I > was able to change the color of the message or assign a match score to the > message, based on the content of an arbitrary header. I can't seem to do this on the IMAP account. (I could make you an IMAP account on my server if you want....) > > The dialog posted at > <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/linux/arbitrary-header-filter.png> shows > what the filter looks like. The filter changes the color of the text in > the incoming messages as dsiplayed in the message list. The result is > posted at > <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/linux/arbitrary-header-filter-result.png> > > I'm not sure why you had trouble getting this to work. Because, based on my results, it doesn't work with IMAP accounts. > > >The filters and vFolders functionality is, err, confusing at best (and > >I'm a former Outlook user). > > > >I really think this argument that Show All Headers, and View Email > >Source can replace this requested functionality is Specious. > > > >However, I feel like I'm beating a dead horse, and will shut up now. > > > >I will also see if I can find yet another Email/Contact/Task/Calendar > >product that meets my needs, and is willing to at least listen. > > You can switch products if you like, but don't say that the Evolution > developers didn't listen. They did listen, but they didn't agree with you. > For that matter, neither do I. So be it. > > I think that the GUI for a custom headers option would not be worth the > work when you consider that we can already view all headers or filter the > message based on headers. I can ****NOT**** filter mail in arbitrary IMAP mailboxes, nor the IMAP INBOX based on arbitrary headers, at least in 1.0.3. > > Now that I think about it, what difference does it make what the spam > header says? If you're going to discard the message unread based on the > spoam header, then all you need is a filter. If you're not going to > discard the message, then the spam header is irrelevant because you're > going to read the message anyway. The only time when you need to see the > spam header is when you're designing your filters. Viewing all headers is > a reasonable solution to that problem. Because I work for an ISP, and need to check what the system wide filters are doing, and they TAG mail, but I can't seem to get an IMAP account to filter on an ARBITRARY filter.
And with some of the trash making it into my mailbox, I want to see what tests and what score the SpamFilters added. I guess I will just shut up now. > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
