This is probably the problem then... I'll take a look.

Jeff

On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 14:16, Janus Christensen wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 19:51, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> 
> > *shrug* I never bothered to test this but it is supposed to work. Btw,
> > it is only supposed to beep/play the sound file *once* max per download
> > operation, not once per message filtered. Assuming that it doesn't beep
> > at all for you unless a message gets by unfiltered... then there is
> > probably a bug. Maybe the filter rule to beep isn't getting executed
> > because it is never getting to it because you've selected
> > Stop-Processing? If you don't use Stop-Processing then I suspect that
> > this possibility isn't the problem...
> 
> Actually, I *do* use Stop processing, so that might be the cause.
> 
> I use it in almost every rule, since I have found that I can stop
> filters from interfering with each other and thus I can still be lazy.
> That is to say: I can be less careful about how I craft my filters,
> since I know once a message is processed through its corresponding
> filter, it isn't touched any more.
> 
> For the most part I filter messages into corresponding folders, one per
> person, group of persons or mailing list. My filtering needs aren't any
> more complex than that.
> 
> If I might venture a guess (without having any insight into the source
> what so ever, mind), might it be because the new mail notification sound
> code is run after the filters are processed, and that the notification
> code is somehow tied into the filter actions? If that is so, might it
> not be a good idea to reverse the this order? Of course, I realise that
> there is a feature freeze and that anything might not get done until
> after the GNOME2 port.
> 
> 
> And I am fine with Evolution only beeping/playin the sound once per mail
> download. The alternative would be annoying bordering on the obnoxious,
> to say the least.  .-)
> 
> -- 
> Janus Christensen ______________________________________________________
> I want something that'll give me the stamina of a young werewolf, the
> vision of a shaman, the thoughts of a serial killer and the gentleness
> of a hungry vampire bat.  --  Spider Jerusalem, Transmetropolitan
-- 
Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
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