[Users] Order of processing rules

Ricardo Mones ricardo at mones.org
Wed Jan 25 13:10:40 CET 2017


On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:55:59AM +0000, Bob Williams wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I assume processing rules are executed in the order they appear in the
> list. For example, I have these two rules applied to a folder
> 
> age_greater 150 & marked move <dest>
> age_greater 180 delete
> 
> What I want to happen is flagged messages older than 150 days are moved
> to the destination folder, then messages older than 180 days are
> deleted.
> 
> Also, will the second rule run, irrespective of the result of the first
> rule?

From manual ยง3.4 "Filtering":

| Don't forget that the order of the rules is important: if Claws Mail
| finds a rule suitable for an email that either moves or deletes the
| email, it will stop looking for further rules for that email.

regards,
-- 
  Ricardo Mones 
  ~
  Don't take the name of root in vain.          /usr/src/linux/README

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