[sylpheed:36511] Re: Mail filters don't work reliably

[Merlin Büge]

Hi Ingo,

On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:58:36 +0100
Ingo Strauch <ingo.strauch at gmx.net> wrote:

<snip>

> > Sometimes however, some mails slip the filter and end up in the
> > default INBOX.
> 
> In fact, this just happened to me with your mail ;-)
> 
> I have the same problem occasionally (using an IMAP mailbox) but
> never really recognized a pattern.

Glad to read that I'm not the only one. I'm also using an IMAP mailbox.
While this is not a big problem, I'm curious why this happens.


> But I'm rather sure it only
> happens when I start Sylpheed. As far as I remember, it has never
> been the case when mails arrived while Sylpheed was up and running.

The uptime for my laptop is usually several days, including times when
suspended to RAM. During that time, Sylpheed is constantly running, and
I experience this issue definitely not only when I start Sylpheed.


> Whenever it happens I simply apply filters manually from the "Extras"
> menu. But of course I wouldn't complain if the reason was found and
> fixed.

Interesting. I didn't know that one can apply the filters afterwards.
By the way I was also searching the 'Extras' menu, as I run Sylpheed in
english ;)


I'll try running Sylpheed in debug mode ('sylpheed --debug' from CLI)
and see if there's anything useful.


Regards,

Merlin





> 
> Cheers
> Ingo
> 
> -- 
> "What're quantum mechanics?"
> "I don't know. People who repair quantums I suppose."
>                                      --Rincewind, Terry Pratchett
> "Eric"


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Merlin Büge <merlinbuege at web.de>