OT - Filter for Thunderbird

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

Colin J. Raven wrote:
> On Dec 18, Chris launched this into the bitstream:
> 
>> Erich Dollansky wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>
>> If I failed to articulate that - then it's my fault.
> 
> 
> I hope I'm understanding...you mean apply a filter to *existing* mail??
> I'm not even sure it's possible in T/Bird.
> 
Mozilla & Co. are receiving all e-mail into an "inbox". The filters are 
then applied onto the "inbox". This limits Mozilla & Co. in certain ways.

> For the future though.................
> 
Your idea makes sense in many ways. Take only this mailing list as an 
example.

It is not a problem to do this in general, just Mozilla & Co. do not 
provide it. I tried recently to setup a filter which also needed access 
to other mails.

I have to stick to Mozilla & Co. as I move my mails between FreeBSD and 
Windows.

Erich