IMP filters going away? (was [imp] What is "Nuke message" meaning ?)

[Rob Brandt]

OK, I agree this is a great move.

While on the topic of filtering, I would like to say that I wish the filtering
was more agressive.  Maybe you've considered that already for Ingo, maybe not. 
What I mean is, that currently messages are only filtered when you are viewing
the content of the Inbox.  Filtering does not occur when you are viewing the
folders list, or when you are in the Horde summary, or when you are viewing a
mailbox other than the Inbox.

It would be nice if the client side filtering did this.  I know that presents a
problem of where the code reside.  To me, the Horde navigation bar seems to be
the natural location for refresh items like this.  Don't know if this is built
in to horde as a module option or not.  It would be nice.  IMHO, this is the
only feature where Squirrelmail is better than Horde/IMP (and there are *lots*
of things where Horde/IMP is better than squirrelmail).  Squirrelmail has a
navigation bar that contain the refresh code, and filtering takes place
whereever you may be.

Rob


Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu>:
 
> All IMP filtering capabilities will be handled by Ingo instead of internally
> within IMP.  Ingo _will_ have the ability to do client-side filtering -- I
> just haven't written it yet :) (essentially, the IMP code for filtering
> will be moved over to Ingo).  Ingo is preferred to the current system
> because 1) it has a much better UI, 2) will allow for more filtering
> options (e.g. sieve, procmail) than currently available, while 3) better
> integrating these solutions with IMP.  Additionally, the idea of filtering
> in general doesn't fit cleanly with the purpose of IMP (IMP is a mail user
> client; filtering is more of a mail transfer agent issue, IMHO).
> 
> michael