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On 04/12/2007, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:24:25 +0000, "Mike Martin" wrote: > > On 04/12/2007, Neil Williams wrote: > >> Grant Sewell wrote: > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > I am subscribed to several mailing lists and would like an easy way to > >> > filter the incoming messages to be delivered to separate IMAP folders. > >> > > >> > My current setup is as follows: > >> > 1) Messages are sent to xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (where the xxxx is > > specific > >> > to the mailing list). > >> > 2) @mydomain.co.uk is a fordwarding account to my ISP account. > >> > 3) Mail is retrieved every 5 minutes from my ISP via POP (using > > getmail). > >> > 4) Mail is delivered to an IMAP folder (IMAP served by Dovecot). > >> > 5) I connect to my IMAP mail server and use the email application > >> > (usually Sylpheed or Evolution depending on the workstation in > > question) > >> > to sort/filter messages to their appropriate folders. > >> > >> http://www.dcglug.org.uk/wiki/?id=FetchmailMaildropImap > >> > > 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. > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > 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 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html