[sylpheed:33335] Re: The order of fields when filtering

[Bruce Bowler]

Can you post the *full* headers of a message that was misfiled and 
the contents of *all* of your rules (or perhaps simpler, attach the
filter.xml file which should contain all of the rules).

Also, do you use POP or IMAP?

Bruce


On Tue,
17 Nov 2009 10:17:01 -0700 Gene Goldenfeld <genegold at peoplepc.com> put
fingers to keyboard and said:

> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:40:49 -0600
> Rich Coe <Richard.Coe at med.ge.com> wrote:
> 
> > Sylpheed looks at each rule from the first to last until it gets 
> > to a rule that matches.  Then it executes the action.
> > 
> > If it doesn't find a match, then it leaves the message in the inbox.
> > 
> 
> If your explanation is true, and assuming for discussion that we're
> talking about the first filter rule(s) in the user's list, then how can
> there be errors? While I see many fewer errors than I used to, there
> still are some, for example two emails earlier this week from Yahoo.com
> and this Sylpheed list that went to my Inbox instead of the appropriate
> folders, even though they are first and second in my filter lists (To
> contains @yahoo.com, sylpheed, respectively). 
> 
> Gene
> 
> 
> > Gene Goldenfeld <genegold at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> > > Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y at kcn.ne.jp> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > Gene Goldenfeld <genegold at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > What is the order of fields that Sylpheed uses in filtering
> > > > > > emails? I'm using Win32 version, but imagine it's standard
> > > > > > across versions. Thanks,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hiro?
> > > > 
> > > > Sorry, I cannot figure out what 'the order of fields' means.
> > > > Can you describe it?
> > > 
> > > >From time to time I've written about my confusion with how the
> > > filtering works, because sometimes the filter seems to be overriden
> > > and the email goes to another folder (usually the Inbox), but the
> > > reason is not apparent.  For example, let's say the *first item in
> > > the Filter list is set as follows: To: contains Yahoo.com -->
> > > folder called Yahoo Mail. Sometimes instead, the yahoo.com email -
> > > yahoo.com  goes to the Inbox. What I'm asking is what's the
> > > algorithm for how filtering works in Sylpheed. Which categories
> > > (fields) - From, To, cc, Subject, ... - does Sylpheed look at
> > > first, second, third and so on to make its decision? Or, to put it
> > > the other way, at what point does Sylpheed look at the To: field,
> > > for example, and filter the email on that basis and not on some
> > > other basis?  I hope that's clearer.  Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Gene


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