[OT] Folders under INBOX (re: g)

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 01/18/2013 03:18 PM, g wrote:
> On 01/15/2013 04:47 AM, staticsafe wrote:
> <>
>
>> OK, now I'm worried.
> if you do all your sorting on server and use imap, you *might not*
> have a problem. i can not comment what happens when running imap,
> as i use pop3 and have not tested the corruption problem with imap.
>
> as near as i can tell, corruption is caused by emails entering the
> Inbox and then filters moving them out.
>
> i am making a presumption that emails reside for a short period in the
> Inbox while the filter is run and then moved out and file size is set
> back to zero when it is cleaned of filtered email.
>
> reason i used word 'presumption' is because i use kde and when viewing
> account's Inbox file size, i use <f5> to refresh konqueror's view and
> it is difficult to see if Inbox file size increases. for sure, when
> thunderbird is finished retrieving emails, the time stamp is updated.
> so, i therefore use word 'presumption'.
>
> thinking about this now, i imagine i could try to locate the source
> code for thunderbird and look up just what is happening. or i could
> subscribe to developers list and ask there. then hope that they give
> me an answer.
>
>> I don't think I enabled auto-compact manually, I don't know if its
>> enabled by default, time to find out I guess.
> it is best not to. not so much because it is a potential cause for
> problems. more like if you are moving emails to other files and later
> find you have email/s missing, you can open file were they were and
> reset the delete/moved bit and recover lost email.
>
>> This one I got covered, I maintain an "inbox zero" policy with all my
>> accounts, mails are filtered directly without ever seeing my "INBOX"
>> folder.
> which you do by using imap and depending on server not to screw things
> up for you. :)
>
>> This is the thing, I don't use Thunderbird's filter system at all. All
>> my filtering is done server side by a Dovecot plugin called Sieve as I
>> mentioned. This is useful as I use Thunderbird on multiple devices and
>> OSes and I don't have to bother to keep my filters in sync. Also I get
>> to write filters in my favourite editor which is great too. :)
> yes, thunderbird's filter was written more for oos user than for a
> linux user. one of several things i do not like about thunderbird's
> filter is that you can not "if (w or y) and (x or z)" nor can you
> "if (w and y) or (x and z)". the simple "if and" or "if or" is very
> limiting.
>
>> I am not too worried about losing e-mails due to corruption as this is
>> essentially my mailing list e-mail and most if not all of them are
>> publicly archived. :)
> i look at loss from corruption not so much as a problem, as it is what
> you have to do and time spent in recovering what is.
>
> "an ounce of prevention" applies to more than trojan. ;)
>
>> Noted. Thanks for your elaboration.
> not a problem.
>
>
> in closing, please excuse my delay in replying. i have been tied up
> with trying to correct an email problem that turned out to be related
> to yuckahoo and their server's spam filter.
>
> later.
>
>
Well thank you SO much for clearing that up for me....I'm in the process 
of moving ALL my "child" folders from the Inbox...and placing them on my 
local hard drive!....


EGO II
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