[TriLUG] Evolution filtering question

[David A. Cafaro]

That was going to be my next guess (that it was server related).     You
could also try adding an action under the move and before stop
processing that does "unset status" "read".  Maybe that will do it?

On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 22:56, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> Hmm, I just tried this on a different remote IMAP server, and it worked
> the way you mention, leaving the messages read.
> It looks to be a problem with the IMAP server of Novell GroupWise, which
> is used at $WORK.  I wonder if there's anything I can do about that.
> 
> Looks like blaming evolution is a false alarm... but I still need a
> solution, any ideas?  Any way to add some kind of additional rule that
> would mark the message unread again?  [clicking the "read" indicator on
> the message does work, so I know the IMAP server supports that
> operation].
> 
> --Jeremy
> 
> On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 22:34, David A. Cafaro wrote:
> > Hmm, not sure why it's getting marked as read.  I'm using evolution on
> > Core 1 and this is what I set up.  Here is an example of one of mine:
> > 
> > Rule Name: Some Filter on Mailing list
> > if
> > 1. mailing list: is : "mailing list" 
> > 
> > Then
> > 1. move to folder : "Mailing List Folder" 
> > 2. Stop Processing
> > 
> > This takes a file entering into my IMAP Inbox folder and moves it to my
> > Mailing List Folder that is also located on the same IMAP server.  Maybe
> > the 2nd rule will help?
> > 
> > I've also used filters to move pop inbox emails to IMAP folders and IMAP
> > inbox to local folders.  And none have ever been marked as read until I
> > actually selected the email.  Also I have "apply filters to this inbox
> > on the server" checked on the IMAP account as well.  
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 22:31, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> > > An on-topic post...
> > > 
> > > Has anyone used the filters in evolution?
> > > I'm running Fedora Core 1.  I'm trying to use the evolution filters to
> > > sort mail in remote IMAP folders.  It works well, using the option to
> > > apply filters to the INBOX, but the problem is that new mail gets marked
> > > as "read" by the filter.
> > > 
> > > Since I'm using the filters to move new mail to folders, I clearly don't
> > > want the messages to be marked as read.  But I can't figure out any way
> > > to change this.  Any ideas ?
> > > 
> > > It's critical that the mail stay on this particular IMAP server, so I
> > > can't use procmail and local folders.
> > > 
> > > --Jeremy
> > > 
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