On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 03:29, Oliver Sturm wrote: > On Mit, 2002-08-21 at 17:43, Peter Williams wrote: > > > > As I said, I do server-side filtering. Nothing wrong with that, I would > > > think... Actually, there's a language for it called Sieve (RFC 3028 or > > > http://www.cyrusoft.com/sieve/index.html), which may be a fine thing to > > > support. I think the assumption that mail only ever arrives in one > > > specific folder is wrong. > > > > > > > The problem with Sieve is probably 95% of IMAP servers don't implement > > it, so it's basically useless (none of UW, Courier, or Exchange have > > it.) > > Yes, I'm not using it. It was only supposed to be an example to show > that server-side filtering is not such a weird idea. > > > We know that you can't assume that all mail arrives in INBOX, but it's > > the only way to implement the filtering that won't be a huge resource > > drain. > > Well, I don't understand that. I'd implement such a feature so that a > filter is only looked at if it's active for a specific folder. I mean, > under the assumption that all mail arrives in INBOX, you currently run > each filter for each message that gets in, don't you? Now, if mail could > arrive in other folders, you'd still run each filter for each mail that > comes in. The mail volume doesn't increase only because stuff is stored > in different folders.
sure, but if the mail didn't arrive in INBOX then presumably it has already been filtered ;-) > > One practical function I need is the ability to notify the user (for > example by playing a sound) when new mail arrives _in a specific > folder_. I don't want the system beeping at the user on all 400 mails > that go through various mailing lists (and into different folders) > throughout the day. I don't see that such a function needs to be a > serious resource hog. easy. let evolution do the filtering and when it delivers mail to that folder, add another action to play a sound. this is really not that difficult. Jeff -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
