[sylpheed:33332] Re: The order of fields when filtering
Rich Coe
Richard.Coe at med.ge.com
Wed Nov 18 01:40:49 JST 2009
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.
R.
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:01:55 -0700
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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