No filter for IMAP accounts?

[Jeremy Domingue]

I see that that Windows Mail in Vista does not support e-mail filters for
IMAP accounts. This seems totally crazy; I've never seen a mail client that
has filters and does not allow them to be used for IMAP accounts.

Does anyone know whether this is a temporary limit or is this the way the
final product will end up being?

Thanks,

-Jeremy

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM]

I see that that Windows Mail in Vista does not support e-mail filters for
IMAP accounts. This seems totally crazy; I've never seen a mail client that
has filters and does not allow them to be used for IMAP accounts.

Does anyone know whether this is a temporary limit or is this the way the
final product will end up being?

Thanks,

-Jeremy

I guess you never used Outlook Express.
IMAP filters are set on the server.

 

[Jeremy Domingue]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for the reply. You are correct, I never used OE, I had no idea it had
this same limitation.

I still think it's a glaring omission. My guess is there are a lot of people
that use IMAP ('alot' is relative of course; I know IMAPpers are a very
small minority) who don't have the ability to set up a server side filter,
but I suppose MS's solution would be to require those users to use Outlook
instead.

I was hoping WM in Vista would be a nice lightweight and fast solution for
IMAP accounts with lots of mail. Outlook is kludgy and slow and it's IMAP
implementation is sub-par at best. Outlook 2007 Beta is slightly better, but
it's ability to store Sent Items, Deleted Items and Drafts on the server
pales in comparison to even OE.

Unfortunately it appears that WM is not the solution I was looking for.

FWIW, the best mail client I've ever used is Apple's Mail client in OSX.
It's extremely fast and has an excellent IMAP implementation. On the PC
side, the only thing I've seen come close is Thunderbird, which is what I
currently use.

Thanks again,

-Jeremy

 

[Steve Cochran]

A number of people are requesting for such filters in WinMail, but it
doesn't look like it will make it.

I don't know much about IMAP, but I guess I'll learn a bit given the demand
and maybe I can implement some sort of 3rd party solution to such that would
integrate with WinMail's database.

steve

Hi Frank,

Thanks for the reply. You are correct, I never used OE, I had no idea it
had this same limitation.

I still think it's a glaring omission. My guess is there are a lot of
people that use IMAP ('alot' is relative of course; I know IMAPpers are a
very small minority) who don't have the ability to set up a server side
filter, but I suppose MS's solution would be to require those users to use
Outlook instead.

I was hoping WM in Vista would be a nice lightweight and fast solution for
IMAP accounts with lots of mail. Outlook is kludgy and slow and it's IMAP
implementation is sub-par at best. Outlook 2007 Beta is slightly better,
but it's ability to store Sent Items, Deleted Items and Drafts on the
server pales in comparison to even OE.

Unfortunately it appears that WM is not the solution I was looking for.

FWIW, the best mail client I've ever used is Apple's Mail client in OSX.
It's extremely fast and has an excellent IMAP implementation. On the PC
side, the only thing I've seen come close is Thunderbird, which is what I
currently use.

Thanks again,

-Jeremy

 

[Zack Whittaker]

At the moment, Beta 2 is totally feature complete - they'll just be making
small tweaks and bug fixes from now on.

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A number of people are requesting for such filters in WinMail, but it
doesn't look like it will make it.

I don't know much about IMAP, but I guess I'll learn a bit given the
demand and maybe I can implement some sort of 3rd party solution to such
that would integrate with WinMail's database.

steve