On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 14:36 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > "simply quitting Evo isn't enough. You have to log out or use > > > the '--force-shutdown' option to make sure the back end is no longer > > > active" > > > > > > But I've not noticed this problem (but I do use CNTL-E every so > > > often!) > > > but surely 'CNTL -D' marks it as deleted locally and moves said email > > > to > > > the Trash. Then there's options to empty Trash on exit every time > > > which > > > worked just now (as in all deleted messages disappeared when > > > restarted) > > > when I tested it. > > > > If you expunge just before quitting Evo, then as far as explicit deletes > > go you're OK. However the backend still keeps filtering new mail, and > > every filter rule which refiles messages in folders is actually copying > > them and deleting the original, so we're back where we started. > > > > This drove me crazy till I figured it out :-) > > Really! I leave the Evo background processes going nearly all the time > (i.e. I quit evo by clicking on the 'x' icon in the icon bar of the > window) and it doesn't filter mails after it has quit. This is using > IMAP though - don't know about Exchange - wouldn't touch it with a barge > pole.
I also use IMAP. The behaviour I describe persisted over several versions of Evo and stopped when I starting using --force-shutdown, so it's either as I describe or an amazing coincidence. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
