Evolution and the filters

[Keith Clark]

> On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 14:11 -0700, Keith Clark wrote:
> > Transferring the filters.xml file from one computer to another for Evolution will not work, correct?  It will still take some heavy editing due to the fact that it names the computer and path in the filename when stating where to store the filtered email?
> 
> This isn't directly related to your question, but if you use gmail, you
> can import mail from other e-mail accounts via pop, then use its filters
> on the mail.
> 
> This is handy, as you can use IMAP to access mail that already have the
> gmail filters applied. The labels in Gmail become Folders in your e-mail
> client...
> 
> Rather handy if you ask me, because IMAP keeps everything at the server,
> so mail is accessible in the same way on all computers.
> 
> You can also apply evolution filters once to the gmail account, and they
> will stick server side...
> 
> I hope this is useful to you  :)
> 
> 

Francis, 

Yes, I use gmail already so this is actually a really good solution.  It
does tie me to gmail forever, but it is free and it has a ton of storage
anyways!

Good thinking!

Keith