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Re: [LUG] Playing with Evolution

 

On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 10:14 +0100, Mike Martin wrote:
> 2009/6/26 tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 22:18 +0100, kevin wrote:
> >> Re reading you message
> >> I send & Rec on 5 accounts
> >> I have only one "InBox"
> >>
> >> Below the InBox are folders created for the Filters for all of the 5
> >> accounts.
> >> So the filtering works!
> > Have you tried sending a message (unknown subject) to..,
> > acc1,acc2,acc3,acc4,acc5
> >
> > so 5 messages are received - all with the same to: of
> > acc1,acc2,acc3,acc4,acc5 ?? They all end up in the first selected rules
> > mailbox which is not what is required. I could make up additional rules
> > but that soon gets out of hand - number of recipients factorial !!!
> > Tom te tom te tom
> >
> 
> Sounds like the old SQL issue of greedy expression ie: because there
> is a match on the first address evo moves the message so succeeding
> filters have nothing to operate on.
> 
> How about this approach using virtual folders
> 
> Setup virtual folders for each account eg:
> 
> acc1
> acc2
> acc3
> acc4
> acc5
> 
> To have only acc1 but not acc2 you can add an AND rule saying not acc2
> in the dialog (would also work for filters)
> 
> 
> Then have a virtual folder which doesnt match for all remaining
> 
> Used this approach for years
> 
> Hope this helps
The trouble is the mail information is not 'resolvable' - the mail info
is identical whichever account is used to fetch it so you need to be
able to make use of the account used but there doesn't seem to be a way
to do this in Evolution.
Tom te tom te tom



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