Applying filters to IMAP-inboxed automatically (in Kmail)?

[Derek Broughton]

Simon Rönnqvist wrote:

> Since I'm subscribing to a couple of mailinglists (such as this one) I've
> made some mailfilters to separate these mails from others. However, I

The simplest solution for mailing lists "like this one", is to get them via
NNTP from news.gmane.org - but that doesn't alter the fact that KMail
behavior with filters & IMAP folders is awful.

> figured that Kmail doesn't apply the filters I've made to mails coming
> into the inboxes of my IMAP accounts, and I need to mark them and choose
> Apply Filters (or push Ctrl+J) to get them filtered. This is really
> disturbing, and a real showstopper for Kmail in case it doesn't get
> resolved.
> 
> The only solution (kind of) that I've found is this one:
> http://lf.starlogik.de/kmail_spam.shtm
> But it'd really suck having to start doing these kinds of hacks just to
> get a basic kind of functionality such as filtering IMAP-mail. 

Wow.  That's really clever but far more trouble than I'm willing to go
to :-)

> Are there easier ways?

Yes, use "Disconnected IMAP" as your Account type.  It means you end up with
copies of all the messages on your local system, but it applies the filters
automatically.  It's still a bit of a hack, because it's fairly common that
I need to resynchronize the folders, but it's a lot simpler than the above
method (though gmane is easier :-)).
-- 
derek