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Thunderbird message filter makes me wanna kill baby seals

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Hi,

More seriously, I have been struggling with this for months

Message filters DO NOT WORK !! or at least not all the time

I click on "run now" or "tools/run on folder" or "tools/run on messages", nothing happens,

version : just updated to 68.4.1 (32-bit)

Thanks

Hi, More seriously, I have been struggling with this for months Message filters DO NOT WORK !! or at least not all the time I click on "run now" or "tools/run on folder" or "tools/run on messages", nothing happens, version : just updated to 68.4.1 (32-bit) Thanks
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Ctrl+U is the shortcut, or it is on the menu bar

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try changing is to contains.

If the account is IMAP, make the rule after classification. I find IMAP rules tend to run before enough data arrives to justify it. After clarification forces the body to be present.

Modified by Matt

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- "contains" cleared a couple of emails indeed - it is already set to after classification

still some messages where the cc contains the email address, still stays in my inbox

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have a look at the message headers for the ones that remain. Is the CC address perhaps not the first in the CC list.list? (A potential bug) I am wondering if the filter is not cycling through all the entries in the CC list, just getting the first.

I know this happens with Multiple headers, only the first encountered is read.

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just had a new mail, same problem, apparently it seems to happen when more than one email in in the to,cc...

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how can I check the mail source ? easier to find in outlook at work

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Ctrl+U is the shortcut, or it is on the menu bar

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Matt said

Ctrl+U is the shortcut, or it is on the menu bar

there is only one "to:" line but it has carriage returns

To: "richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org" <******@linuxfoundation.org>, "yocto@yoctoproject.org" <yocto@yoctoproject.org>, "*****, ******" <*****.******@intel.com>

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I did not think the RFC allowed carriage returns.

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ok maybe I am wrong, yet mails are not matched by the filter

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As you are junking these mails, I assume they contain nothing od real value. Can you send me one as an attachment to matt_au@gmx.com so I can have a play? No point trying to create one if there is already one to use.