I have been using KMail on SUSE Linux 10.0 as my primary mail client for some time now, but would like to have KMail wait a day or two before deleting messages from my pop server. Based on my understanding, this is what the Pop filters in KMail are supposed to do. The KMail on-line help seemed straightforward enough. Yet, after having configured KMail's pop filter to check the date on messages older than 3 days, and delete those, all of the messages (old and new) get deleted from the server. It's as if I never even set the filter. Does anyone have experience with this? Could you point me to some better documentation? Thanks! Don -- DC Parris http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Hey man, whatever pickles your file!"
Don, On Monday 20 March 2006 15:31, DC Parris wrote:
I have been using KMail on SUSE Linux 10.0 as my primary mail client for some time now, but would like to have KMail wait a day or two before deleting messages from my pop server. Based on my understanding, this is what the Pop filters in KMail are supposed to do. The KMail on-line help seemed straightforward enough. Yet, after having configured KMail's pop filter to check the date on messages older than 3 days, and delete those, all of the messages (old and new) get deleted from the server. It's as if I never even set the filter. Does anyone have experience with this? Could you point me to some better documentation?
Probably you have not selected "Leave messages on server" for the account in question. KMail -> Settings -> Configure KMail Accounts -> Receiving (tab) -> [ select account ] -> click Modify -> select "Leave fetched messages on the server"
Thanks! Don
Randall Schulz
On Monday 20 March 2006 06:44 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Don,
On Monday 20 March 2006 15:31, DC Parris wrote:
I have been using KMail on SUSE Linux 10.0 as my primary mail client for some time now, but would like to have KMail wait a day or two before deleting messages from my pop server. Based on my understanding, this is what the Pop filters in KMail are supposed to do. The KMail on-line help seemed straightforward enough. Yet, after having configured KMail's pop filter to check the date on messages older than 3 days, and delete those, all of the messages (old and new) get deleted from the server. It's as if I never even set the filter. Does anyone have experience with this? Could you point me to some better documentation?
Probably you have not selected "Leave messages on server" for the account in question.
KMail -> Settings -> Configure KMail Accounts -> Receiving (tab) -> [ select account ] -> click Modify -> select "Leave fetched messages on the server"
Thanks Randall. Come to think of it, I think the reason I changed that is because I couldn't get the filter to delete stuff after the time period. Anyway, I've set it to leave the messages on the server, and will see what happens. If it doesn't work, I'll get back with you on this day after tomorrow. Don -- Web Developer Oakdale Christian Fellowship http://matheteuo.org/
On Monday 20 March 2006 06:44 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Don,
On Monday 20 March 2006 15:31, DC Parris wrote:
I have been using KMail on SUSE Linux 10.0 as my primary mail client for some time now, but would like to have KMail wait a day or two before deleting messages from my pop server. Based on my understanding, this is what the Pop filters in KMail are supposed to do. The KMail on-line help seemed straightforward enough. Yet, after having configured KMail's pop filter to check the date on messages older than 3 days, and delete those, all of the messages (old and new) get deleted from the server. It's as if I never even set the filter. Does anyone have experience with this? Could you point me to some better documentation?
Probably you have not selected "Leave messages on server" for the account in question.
KMail -> Settings -> Configure KMail Accounts -> Receiving (tab) -> [ select account ] -> click Modify -> select "Leave fetched messages on the server"
Randall, Now the filter does not delete mail from the server at all. I have set the accounts I want this pop filter to work with to leave the messages on the server. In settings --> Configure Pop Filters, I have set a rule as follows: Match any of the following <Age in days> is equal to 1 Recipients contains myemail@addr.ess Delete mail from server I also tried this with just the <age in days> setting. Any ideas from here? Don -- Web Developer Oakdale Christian Fellowship http://matheteuo.org/
Don, On Wednesday 22 March 2006 22:26, WebDev wrote:
...
Probably you have not selected "Leave messages on server" for the account in question.
KMail -> Settings -> Configure KMail Accounts -> Receiving (tab) -> [ select account ] -> click Modify -> select "Leave fetched messages on the server"
Randall,
Now the filter does not delete mail from the server at all. I have set the accounts I want this pop filter to work with to leave the messages on the server. In settings --> Configure Pop Filters, I have set a rule as follows: Match any of the following <Age in days> is equal to 1 Recipients contains myemail@addr.ess Delete mail from server
I also tried this with just the <age in days> setting. Any ideas from here?
I would go for age-in-days greater than 1, rather than exactly one. I don't know how KMail actually interprets the criteria "... days ... equal to 1." Taken sufficiently literally, it could be very difficult to ever match this criteria (does it have to be exactly 24 * 60 * 60 seconds since download, e.g.?). Also note that many messages' recipient lists do not include the actual recipient ("myemail@addr.ess"). E.g., mail sent to (via) mailing lists such as this one do not mention the individual recipient(s) in their headers (to do so would require sending a separate message out to each subscriber so that the recipient list we see does not include the totality of the subscriber list). As it stands (ignoring the perhaps too-restrictive time criteria), your rule will never delete any list mail.
Don
Randall Schulz
On Thursday 23 March 2006 02:21 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Don,
<snip>
I would go for age-in-days greater than 1, rather than exactly one. I don't know how KMail actually interprets the criteria "... days ... equal to 1." Taken sufficiently literally, it could be very difficult to ever match this criteria (does it have to be exactly 24 * 60 * 60 seconds since download, e.g.?).
Also note that many messages' recipient lists do not include the actual recipient ("myemail@addr.ess"). E.g., mail sent to (via) mailing lists such as this one do not mention the individual recipient(s) in their headers (to do so would require sending a separate message out to each subscriber so that the recipient list we see does not include the totality of the subscriber list).
As it stands (ignoring the perhaps too-restrictive time criteria), your rule will never delete any list mail.
Don
Well it's time to go back to the drawing board. I have a filter that deletes any mail <age in days >= 2. Still, my pop accounts are filling up quickly. List mail, personal mail, it's all there. Either the pop filter does not work very well, or I am oblivious to some other problem. Don -- Web Developer Oakdale Christian Fellowship http://matheteuo.org/
participants (3)
-
DC Parris
-
Randall R Schulz
-
WebDev