On Thu, February 1, 2007 8:39 pm, H.S. wrote: > Marc Groot Koerkamp wrote: > > >> >> What do you mean with sorting mail? >> > > Putting mails into different folders based on some criteria. > > >> See: >> http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=210 >> >> >> Tell your administrators that removing server side filtering and >> replace it by client side filtering (done by SquirrelMail) is a very bad >> move. >> >> Filtering should be done server side. If you do it client side then >> SquirrelMail needs to fetch an amount of headers before filtering can >> takes place and that can slow down SquirrelMail a lot if the amount of >> headers (large mailboxes) is huge. > > The email I received from them says that I will be able to setup > server-side mail filtering on all of my incoming mail using "Mail Filters", > which are available on the new server via webmail, under "Options". > If you consider SquirrelMail as a client then, although SquirrelMail resists on the server, the filtering still takes place at the client. > > >> If you use an imap server with sieve support (another method for server >> side filtering) then you can use the avelsieve plugin for creating >> sieve filters. You don't need procmail anymore when you have sieve. > > I am not sure which method they are going to use for server side > filtering. I will ask to clarify this. > > Thanks a ton for your comments. BTW, I am still not sure if "Mail > Filters" section under "Options" in squirrel mail supports pattern > matching. Or, if I have missed something, pardon my ignorance; I am new to > this webmail configuration stuff. > The client side filter plugin does not support pattern matching. Regards, Marc Groot Koerkamp. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
