[Dovecot] Refiltering mails without loosing flags
Hello,
is there a way to refilter all mails in a folder without loosing all flags and moving all messages in a different folder?
I have >10k mails in my Inbox and need to create new filterrules from time to time. But there is no way to refilter my inbox without moving.
Atm i need to move all mails in a folder like "refilter" and then run getmail/... to refilter the mails. It would be really nice to refilter a existing folder and just move mails with hits in the filter list.
Thanks
Dieter
Op 12/12/2011 1:42 AM, Dieter Knopf schreef:
is there a way to refilter all mails in a folder without loosing all flags and moving all messages in a different folder?
I have>10k mails in my Inbox and need to create new filterrules from time to time. But there is no way to refilter my inbox without moving.
Atm i need to move all mails in a folder like "refilter" and then run getmail/... to refilter the mails. It would be really nice to refilter a existing folder and just move mails with hits in the filter list.
Since last week, the new sieve-filter command line tool, which is intended for just such a task, is part of the normal compile output for Pigeonhole 0.3.x for Dovecot v2.1. Unfortunately, it is not released yet, so I guess you're stuck with your old getmail-based solution for now.
The tool is still experimental and I must say that I have not tested the preservation of flags for some time and many changes were performed since then. I will verify that later today. Also, the interaction with the new editheader extension needs attention.
Regards,
Stephan.
2011/12/12 Stephan Bosch stephan@rename-it.nl:
Since last week, the new sieve-filter command line tool, which is intended for just such a task, is part of the normal compile output for Pigeonhole 0.3.x for Dovecot v2.1. Unfortunately, it is not released yet, so I guess you're stuck with your old getmail-based solution for now.
The tool is still experimental and I must say that I have not tested the preservation of flags for some time and many changes were performed since then. I will verify that later today. Also, the interaction with the new editheader extension needs attention.
Is there any update about that? Would be really nice to have an nice and easy way like with procmail. Just via command line not via getmail/imap/....
Thanks
On 4/28/2012 6:07 PM, Dieter Knopf wrote:
2011/12/12 Stephan Boschstephan@rename-it.nl:
Since last week, the new sieve-filter command line tool, which is intended for just such a task, is part of the normal compile output for Pigeonhole 0.3.x for Dovecot v2.1. Unfortunately, it is not released yet, so I guess you're stuck with your old getmail-based solution for now.
The tool is still experimental and I must say that I have not tested the preservation of flags for some time and many changes were performed since then. I will verify that later today. Also, the interaction with the new editheader extension needs attention. Is there any update about that? Would be really nice to have an nice and easy way like with procmail. Just via command line not via getmail/imap/....
I didn't receive much feedback so far, so you may very well encounter some bugs. But I did test flag preservation just now and that just works. Pigeonhole v0.3.0 is released and contains all you need.
Just experiment with it a bit before you start using it for real mail.
Regards,
Stephan.
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