[Dovecot] Can sieve filter mail based on emails earlier in the thread?

Stan Hoeppner stan at hardwarefreak.com
Thu Oct 3 23:25:07 EEST 2013


On 10/3/2013 1:43 AM, Hugh Davenport wrote:
> Basically I want the following scenario:
> 
> Subscribe to lots of mailing lists
> - each filtered into separate folders
> 
> When I participate in a thread (by starting it, replying to it, or ...
> setting a flag on an email
> in the thread)
> - filter into the particular mailing list folder
> - AND filter into INBOX (or another folder of my choosing)
> 
> I'm thinking for this, the first two can have rules that take into
> account In-Reference-To and
> using my domain. But the third case of using a flag... that seems to
> require referencing earlier
> emails in the thread.
> 
> Is this possible in sieve? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

So you simply want to make it easier to find your own posts on a busy
list?  Might I suggest you simply use flags instead of copying the msgs
to another folder?  See:

Flagging or Highlighting your mail

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Sieve/Examples



-- 
Stan



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