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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    RE: [kde-linux] imap + kmail
From:       "Charles Marcus" <CharlesM () Media-Brokers ! com>
Date:       2002-06-17 14:11:26
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> From: kde-linux-admin@mail.kde.org
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:18 AM

>>> No. Currently filtering doesn't work with IMAP folders. Filtering
>>> messages which are received by KMail via POP3/local inbox into IMAP
>>> folders might be supported in a future version of KMail. But
>>> filtering from IMAP to IMAP will not be supported because this
>>> filtering has to be done on the IMAP server. Unfortunately there
>>> isn't a widely supported standard for filtering on IMAP servers yet
>>> (some servers support SIEVE). At some time in the future KMail might
>>> be able to configure sieve filters on IMAP servers.

>> Hmmm.
>>
>> Well, then how are Mozilla, Netscape and Sylpheed doing it??

> Probably they download the messages from the IMAP server, filter them
> and then upload them again. But that's crazy. It would be much better
> to filter the mail directly on the IMAP server.
>
> See
> http://lists.kde.org/?l=kmail&m=102382164714280&w=2
> for the TODO list of our filter guy.

I don't think thats how they do it, but I guess I could be wrong...

Also, there's Squirrelmail - it has filtering capabilities, and I guarantee
that they don't d/l then re-upload, because there is no local mail repository
to d/l to...

Wouldn't it make sense to find out for sure - maybe they have some code that
KMail can use?

Charles

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