[desktop-discuss] Thunderbird version 1.5.0.8 (20061204) - No More Filters

[Alfred Peng]

David Lloyd wrote:
>> How is the filter created?
>>     
>
> I create the filters by going to:
>
>   Tools
>    Message Filters
>     New
>
> Setup a filter, eg. if subject has [desktop-discuss] then move to folder 
>   Discuss.
>
> I'm on about 30-40 mailing lists and I know the filters used to work 
> (trust me, if you suddenly got 300-400 non-spam messages in your Inbox 
> without expecting it you'd notice it right away :P).
>   
Actually I met the similar problem before :-) It's caused by the filter
file copied from another machine and the folder doesn't exist for the
"move" operation.

How if you run the filter in the "Message filters" dialog manually? Make
sure to choose the correct folder to run the filter.

Or could you try the latest releases:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/releases/1.5.0.9.html#othersystems
or
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/releases/2.0b2.html#othersystems?

There is a functionality to enable the filter log in the "Message
filters". You can try that and send part of the log to us. That may be
helpful.

-Alfred
> I forgot to include this:
>
> -bash-3.00# pkginfo -l SUNWthunderbird
>     PKGINST:  SUNWthunderbird
>        NAME:  Mozilla Thunderbird Email/Newsgroup Client
>    CATEGORY:  THUNDERBIRD,application,JDS4
>        ARCH:  i386
>     VERSION:  1.5.0.8,REV=110.0.4.2006.12.04.19.07
>     BASEDIR:  /usr
>      VENDOR:  Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>        DESC:  Mozilla Thunderbird Email/Newsgroup Client
>      PSTAMP:  verbal20061204114249
>    INSTDATE:  Feb 01 2007 04:15
>     HOTLINE:  Please contact your local service provider
>      STATUS:  completely installed
>       FILES:      399 installed pathnames
>                     7 shared pathnames
>                    33 directories
>                   364 executables
>                 99621 blocks used (approx)
>
> DSL
>
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