Evolution

[R S Gill]

Hi Marc,

Let me clarify.

I get my e-mail off of an IMAP server. To access e-mail, I can either 
use an e-mail client or a web interface provided by the university.

In Thunderbird, I have the spam filter setup up in such a way that if I 
mark mail as spam, Thunderbird will analyze the mail and then move it to 
a folder called Spam that I created in my e-mail account.

I have Thunderbird setup in this manner to avoid having to wade through 
spam when I have to access my mail from the web interface.

With Evolution, mail marked as spam is moved to a virtual folder called 
Junk. Unless I can make Evolution move the spam to a real folder, I will 
continue to see all the spam that Evolution caught in my Inbox.

In Thunderbird the whole operation is very seamless. I just select the 
mail I deem to be spam and click on the Spam button and the spam is 
cleared from my Inbox. Any spam that Thunderbird catches through its 
trained spam filter is automatically moved to my Spam folder without any 
intervention on my part.

In addition, I am also noticing that Evolution moves mail that I delete 
to a virtual folder called Trash. Again I would like a way to move 
deleted mail to a real folder. When I delete mail using Evolution, the 
deleted mail persists in my Inbox. This makes it tedious to get to my 
unread/important mail when I access my e-mail account via the web 
interface. The only way around this is to expunge my deleted mail using 
Evolution. While this may work for some, I personally like having access 
to my deleted mail for at least a few days after I have deleted it.

Another thing that I would like to know how to do with Evolution is to 
make my IMAP account the default. I'm noticing that each time time I 
start Evolution, the unconfigured Local Folders account is expanded 
instead of my configured IMAP account.

Gill

Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:

>Yeah you have to run the filter I believe.  I'm not sure of the
>reasoning behind this or if you can get around it but I do know you have
>to run the filter after its created.
>
>Manually marking something will only leave the markings I believe for
>future emails although I'm not to sure.  Even Thunderbird I thought
>didn't shift emails to a separate folder.
>
>HTH
>
>Marc
>On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 09:34 -0500, R S Gill wrote:
>  
>
>>I setup a filter to move all messages that are spam to a folder named 
>>spam. This filter however is not activated when I manually mark mail as 
>>spam.
>>
>>With Thunderbird, I'm accustomed to marking mail as spam and Thunderbird 
>>moves the spam into the spam folder.
>>
>>Can this aspect of Thunderbird's behavior be replicated with Evolution?
>>
>>Gill
>>
>>Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Set up rules as long as there is a common rule e.g. if it spam in the
>>>header then move to a certain mailbox.
>>>
>>>You can do that with scripts using the filter method and creating a
>>>filter.
>>>
>>>e.g. Tools -> Filter
>>>
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>
>>>Marc
>>>
>>>On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 02:31 -0500, R S Gill wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Anyone know how to get Evolution to put mail marked as spam into a real 
>>>>instead of a virtual folder?
>>>>
>>>>My university's mail server is an IMAP server. It gets really old wading 
>>>>through spam when I have to check my mail in a campus lab.
>>>>
>>>>Gill
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
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