On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 13:05 +0100, Barrie Stott wrote: > On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 16:30 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 20:24 +0100, Barrie Stott wrote: > > > Many thanks for the reply, Patrick. > > > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 13:04 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 13:24 +0100, Barrie Stott wrote: > > > > > I'm reasonably new to evolution and am having a problem with search > > > > > folders. > > > > > > > > > > As you will have seen, my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I > > > > > want to arrange that all messages from(to) me to(from) an address > > > > > ending > > > > > with zen.co.uk (but not [EMAIL PROTECTED] itself) are in search > > > > > folder: zen. I guessed at the the scheme rule wehre I'm searching for > > > > > `ends with': > > > > > > > > > > (and "zen.co.uk" (not "[EMAIL PROTECTED]")) > > > > > > > > > > I could find no relevant information in the Evolution manual so I'd be > > > > > very grateful for some help. > > > > > > > > What's wrong with specifying both rules when creating the Search Folder, > > > > making sure they are both applied? No need to write in Scheme. > > > The actual thing I want is: > > > (SENDER ends with [EMAIL PROTECTED] AND > > > RECEIVER ends with zen.co.uk AND > > > RECEIVER does not end with [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > OR > > > (RECEIVER ends with [EMAIL PROTECTED] AND > > > SENDER ends with zen.co.uk AND > > > SENDER does not end with [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > Unfortunately, the overriding way of connecting is a choice between: > > > 'if any criteria are met' => all conditions ORed together > > > `if all criteria are met' => all conditions ANDed together > > > > So create two rules, each with the subcriteria anded together. If the > > first rule doesn't fire, the second one will be tried, otherwise not > > (make sure to stop processing if the first rule fires). Can't say I've > > ever done something this complex, but in theory it should work. > With my version of Evolution I can select "stop processing" only with > "Message filtering", not with "Search folders".
Yes, you're right. My mistake. Filters have actions associated with them, whereas search folders don't. > I've managed to sort things out though by use of a couple of dummy > search folders. tmp-zen-in gets all requisite incoming messages by > AND-ing together a sequence of conditions and tmp-zen-out gets the > outgoing ones in a similar way; the search folder zen is just the union > of the two temporary folders (obtained by searching for "." in Sender > with input from the 2 tmp-* folders). It works and can be extended to > more complex conditions The only fly in the ointment is that I have a > couple of search folders that I'd rather not see all the time since they > are simply scaffolding. > > > > > > That's why I tried scheme. > > > > > > > > Almost as an aside, you will notice the faulty spelling `wehre' > > > > > instead > > > > > of `where' above. Can I invoke some spelling checker and, if so, how? > > > > > > > > Edit->Check Spelling (or F7) in the Composer invokes a spell checker. > > > > You need to have gnome-spell installed. > > > > > > I've looked and don't have Edit => Check Spelling in either Evolution or > > > its Composer. > > > > Do you have at least one language selected under > > Preferences->Composer->Spell Checking? > When you wrote, Patrick. I had no dictionaries at all for spell > checking. That is now changed and the checker is working. > > I'm most grateful for all the assistance. Glad you managed to get it working. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
