GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 271902
Spam annoying when using multiple IMAP clients
Last modified: 2012-06-16 22:39:16 UTC
evolution-2.0.2-3 There's plenty of Spam is my INBOX when I switch machines. 1. Use work machine, with Evolution's Spam filter on 2. There's plenty of spam in my Junk folder 3. Go to my home machine, check mail on the same account 4. All the spam is in my INBOX Evolution should mark the Spam on the server, so that the information can be shared between instances of Evolution running on different machines (or simply mark them as to be deleted...)
the problem is that it can't. there's no way to do this (ok, so a few imap servers support user defined flags, but most don't)
Thanks Jeff, how about marking the files as deleted?
we should definitely set the Junk/NotJunk flag on the server (or whatever mozilla uses). enough servers support customf lags for it to be worth doing. (in hindsight we should've used flags not system flags for the junk setting?).
As mentioned by Karsten on IRC: Add a filter to your inbox that does: If "Junk Test" "Message is Junk" Then "Move to Folder" "$DUMP"
There is a sane way to solve it - don't use local evolution hacks for spam marking ( on a imap server account its ridiculous anyway - who would do that at all but evolution hackers ) : Check if server supports imap flags for spam / trash and use them otherwise let the user choose the spam / trash folder ( like its possible for sent and drafts already ). At least the second part should be implemented easily and can be implemented even without supporting imap flags and I can't understand why it hasn't been done like that.
Should either be done server-side, or by using the integrated spam/junk handling and expunging it regularly (Edit ▸ Preferences ▸ Mail Preferences ▸ Junk ▸ General ▸ Delete junk messages on exit). Proposing WONTFIX.
(In reply to comment #6) > Should either be done server-side, or by using the integrated spam/junk > handling and expunging it regularly (Edit ▸ Preferences ▸ Mail Preferences ▸ > Junk ▸ General ▸ Delete junk messages on exit). > > Proposing WONTFIX. Why can't Evolution mark it as WONTFIX on the server? If Evolution had a way to train the remote spam filter, I would use that instead.
(In reply to comment #7) > Why can't Evolution mark it as WONTFIX on the server? If Evolution had a way to > train the remote spam filter, I would use that instead. s/WONTFIX/spam/ I bugzilla too much as well.
*** Bug 272547 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
We've been setting junk flags on the server for several years. Some IMAP servers like Zimbra (or at least RH's internal deployment of it) will not remember them permanently. * FLAGS (\Answered \Deleted \Draft \Flagged \Seen $Forwarded $MDNSent Forwarded $Junk $NotJunk Junk JunkRecorded NonJunk NotJunk receipt-handled) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Deleted \Draft \Flagged \Seen $Forwarded $MDNSent Forwarded receipt-handled \*)] junk-related flags are not permanent ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Closing this as OBSOLETE.