Re: [Evolution] Misbehaving Junk filter

[Scott Richards <scott richardz verizon net>]

Initial Problem - after upgrade of OS,  Evolution's Junk filter dumped all mail to junk.
    SOLUTION:  just delete and recreate all folder filters.
On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 00:14 -0800, Scott wrote: 
> Hi,
>
> I recently upgraded to Linux Mint 6 and reinstalled Evolution (2.24.2).
> I also combined 3 home folders, so I would have only one HOME for all
> distributions - perhaps will regret it. After some trial and error I got
> my existing mail & folders to show up as it used to be.
>
> Then I added a mail account.( as they didn't arrive with the mail)
>
> The first mail account I added seemed OK (no send/rcv yet). I then tried
> to change my sort folder filters to sub-sort on a previous sort folder &
> it wouldn't for some reason - but so what. I deleted the failed searches
> and seemed to have the system in a 'Nothing changed" state.
>
>  I then added a 2nd mail account and did Send/Rcv.
>   
> *** Now all mail filters to JUNK. 
>
> I figured I should have restarted or something, so I deleted the "new"
> mail, emptied the trash, and restarted. (I always flag new installs to
> leave mail on the server) 
>
>         Problem -- How do I get evolution to reload mail from the
>         servers that it thinks it already has.
>
> Perhaps I could just reinstall, but there must be a more elegant
> solution. I guess if the filters are messed up I should reinstall
> I didn't get a "back-up" from my previous install, but did one after the
> mis-sort to junk after deleting the mail. If I were to remove and
> reinstall evolution, using the back-up, would this keep the flags set
> and prevent retrieving the "deleted mail"?
>
>
>
>
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