On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 12:31 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 06:49 -0400, David Frier wrote: > > On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 06:39 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > Evolution is a mail client for a desktop > > > environment. If someone wants always-on automated services then > > > that's > > > what servers are for; there are service-side filtering systems > > > such as > > > SIEVE. > > Sorry, this is just so wrong. > But in this specific case you do not "press Send". It is the filter > action that is "sending" the email.
It is also operationally incorrect. When you press send it goes to an Outbox and may-or-may-not immediately go to A SERVER which is not the destination. That server may hold the message, the message will in most use-cases relay through the spools of multiple servers. > however your email gets to you via a server surely. It is on that > server that filtering such as this should arguably happen. Many email > services already implement server side filtering (such as SIEVE) and > you may get a better experience by investigating what your mail > server provides. This. In 2021 what IMAP provider does not provide a server-side filtering solution? -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awill...@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
