Markus Kaufmann wrote:

> I use the filter function to sort mailing-lists to subfolders (IMAP).
> This works well, but the moved messages are still in the inbox. 
> They're just marked as deleted, but they're still there and they're 
> unread.
> 
> Is this a bug or a feature? Is there a way to avoid this?

This is the same as with Netscape 4.x.  The filtering action "Move to
folder" is a misnomer - it should be "Copy to folder and leave a copy
marked for deletion in the Inbox".

This is an excellent way to keep an eye on mailing list activity without
having to look at the mailboxes of each mailing list. (I am 33 or so.)

I think it is a big feature!  Ordinary server-based mail filtering (and
I guess some clients, like when I used Pegasus mail in the past) does
not leave a copy in the Inbox.

A really capable server-based mail filtering program called Courier
Maildrop had everything which opens and shuts in terms of filtering
language, but it couldn't do what I just described.  So I added a
feature to do this - and now I am very happy!

   http://www.firstpr.com.au/web-mail/


 - Robin

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