Post #340,013
2/23/11 12:48:31 PM
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Email / IMAP question
I've been using Evolution from a Linux desktop for years. It's pointing to an IMAP server. I now also connect to the same mailbox with Mac Mail. And suddenly spam isn't being filtered.
I'm guessing the two systems hitting the server are somehow confounding the process, but can't figure out how or why, or what to do to fix it.
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Drew
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Post #340,017
2/23/11 1:38:51 PM
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spam is coming to both boxen?
I suspect the filters on the two systems are different
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Post #340,019
2/23/11 1:52:52 PM
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I'm sychronizing locally on each
The spam folder is on the server. Everything should be synchronized between the two systems. I think I need to try just turning off the automatic update on the Linux box and make the Mac authoritative. That way there's only one system trying to apply rules.
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Drew
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Post #340,021
2/23/11 2:55:59 PM
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Is the Spam folder *really* on the server?
Perhaps Evolution is "marking" messages for a Spam folder locally, but not telling the IMAP server.
Wade.
Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers?
A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
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Post #340,025
2/23/11 3:22:39 PM
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Yup, just confirmed via webmail interface
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Drew
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Post #340,044
2/23/11 10:31:08 PM
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Ahhh, you were using Evo's stuff.
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Post #340,043
2/23/11 10:30:44 PM
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I use server side mail/folder routing.
I also do Server Side SPAM classification.
I suspect you are using Evolution's SPAM engine and it marks the SPAM as that and then uses a "filter folder" for it.
You can change the engine rule/filter to MOVE the messages in to a specific folder.
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Post #340,053
2/24/11 3:11:07 AM
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Opera does a similar thing.
However, due to its unconventional interface, it is quite obvious that it's not using an IMAP folder to do it! :-)
Wade.
Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers?
A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
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Post #340,061
2/24/11 10:00:26 AM
2/24/11 10:07:48 AM
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Going to have to look into server-side rules
That's obviously the better way. But it's not my server, so I'll have to see what they support.
They have SpamAssassin, but you can't use it if you have a "catch-all" address set up. That's their term for a wildcard match to send *@domain.com to a common inbox.
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Drew
Edited by drook
Feb. 24, 2011, 10:07:48 AM EST
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