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Re: [LUG] Simple serverside mail filtering...

 

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:31:36 +0000, "Mike Martin" wrote:
> On 04/12/2007, Grant Sewell wrote:
>> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:24:25 +0000, "Mike Martin" wrote:
>> > Depending on how you want them filtered, you could either
>> >
>> > setup seperate users
>> > use  evolution to create IMAP folders, then create a filter to send to
>> > these folders
>> Cheers Mike, however I want to have the filtering done on the server,
> not
>> at the client end for one simple reason... I sometimes need to use
> "other"
>> client applications (including webmail... I'm trying out various
> suites).
>> I also want to avoid using seperate users for this as you can (normally)
>> only login to one user mail account at a time with webmail, unless you
> have
>> multiple tabs/windows open... something I wish to avoid.
>>
>> Cheers.
> 
> Ah but this is the beauty of it - you only need one client running
> evolution and filtering to the IMAP foldrers (not local folders) and
> its done on the server, including send,draft  etc
> 
> And you dont need to using evolution to look at/ send mail
> 
> Note - I mean filter and not vfolders/search folders
> 
> I've done it quite often

Indeed, I could do this with *any* IMAP client that supports filtering. 
However, I would really rather not do this this way as I am trying to do
this server-side only.  But thank you for the idea.

Cheers.
G.


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