GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 271124
Allow filter dialog to specify incoming vs outgoing
Last modified: 2017-09-11 14:56:08 UTC
I use IMAP/ssl for accessing my mail. I did setup the outbox folder to be my INBOX folder on IMAP because 1/ I don't understand why we should have separate folder 2/ It is inconsistent with threading as I use INBOX for in progress stuff and expect to have the complete conversation 3/ it is just more convenient. When I did setup the outbox folder to be in the INBOX, Evolution started messing up. 1/ Evo did make the list display to be like an outbox: From: was replaced by To:, etc. 2/ When I create a filter from a mail in inbox, Evo makes it an "outgoing" filter, and this is the worse, because you can not change the type of the filter, so any filter you create this way is useless.
1. this is for your convenience - you can change what columns you view fairly easily 2. also done for your convenience, but again - easy to work around if you use the filter list dialog instead of using the quick menus for creating filters. I don't really see any bug here, but I guess that a way to change outgoing/incoming in the filter creation dialog (rather than just the list dialog) might be desireable.
adding "filters" keyword
I agree completely with Hubert! I also have Incoming/Outgoing mixed. I see it as "Current". And when I create filters I am constantly confused because they appear in the wrong place ... For my purposes I don't even want two separte lists (incoming vs outgoing).
still valid for 2.5, updating version number
Bumping version to a stable release.
Created attachment 359364 [details] [review] evo patch for evolution; This adds the "Rule type: Incoming/Outgoing" into the rule editor of a mail filter, thus one can change it as requested above.
Created commit 177846e in evo master (3.27.1+)