Run filter does nothing if filter is not marked active (Zimbra 6.04)

[jwilke]

Hi,

I have noticed that "run filter" doesn't actually do anything unless the filter selected is marked "active"

I was planning to use the new "run filter" feature to periodically clean up , or move messages to archive folders based on date. These are typically rules that I don't want to have "active" during normal use, since there is a large potential for trouble.

Shouldnt the "run filter" option ignore the "active" flag ? The fact that I select a filter and press "run filter" kind of indicates that i want it to RUN, and not silently do nothing..

At the very least it should tell you to mark the filter active before trying to execute it.


Regards

Jeroen

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by jwilke

Shouldnt the "run filter" option ignore the "active" flag ? The fact that I select a filter and press "run filter" kind of indicates that i want it to RUN, and not silently do nothing..

Why should it ignore the flag? You've obviously marked the filter inactive for a reason and it doesn't make sense to run filters that are marked inactive unless I'm missing something glaringly obvious here.

[jwilke]

Simple,

I want to run a filter, that only works when I explicitly tell it to run, and on what folders it should run on,

I don't want it firing off for any other reason, except if I tell it to run using "run filter"

Does that make sense to you ?

[phoenix]

Well maybe it's time to head to bugzilla and file an RFE or bug report.

[ewilen]

Makes sense to me, but if that's not how the documentation says it should work, then I agree you ought to file an RFE. Please post the bug # here, if you do.