On Fri, 2022-09-02 at 11:00 +0200, Wolfgang Rohdewald wrote: > Hi, > > many of my mails contain support case numbers in a fixed format. > > I am always defining a virtual folder for each new support case > but I want to automate this. > > So - if I write a script which adds a new entry to vfolders.xml, > can I tell evolution to reload it? > > I could imagine that evolution reacts to some signals like SIGHUP > or whatever but "man evolution" does not mention anything. > > Disclaimer: I did my best to find an answer to this in the documentation > and elsewhere but did not find anything relevant.
I'll bet you could make new folders by by case number and create those folders using procmail plus a simple shellscript, Python program, or if lots and lots of email, a C program. Procmail has a way to transfer the mail to an external program for processing before the email's ultimate disposition. SteveT _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
