well please enlighten me
my understanding is that filters are supposed to move incoming mail to prdetermined folders
or to delete incoming mail

based on sender, subject, or content

what exactly are you trying to do that differs from this description

Filters perform specified tasks according to specified conditions. They only perform at all when they are applied. Clicking "OK" after you've made a filter only saves the filter settings, it does not apply the filter. Apparently you have managed to get your filters applied automatically to incoming mail, so that your mail is automatically sorted as it is downloaded. My mail though is not sorted automatically because my filters are not being applied automatically. Every time I Send / Receive mail, I must select the new emails and press control-y to apply the filters, and then the filters sort the email into spam and non-spam folders. If I do not press control-y, the filters do nothing, and my emails remain unsorted.

which version of evolution do you have

1.4

on 1.4.4 my description works.

well there you have it
cutting edge new version
mine is
1.2.2

works fine
must be a bug in the new version

have you tried the Evolution website?
submitted or checked for known bugs??


or try what macewan suggests

Actually, I just checked the "About" thing... I'm using version 1.4.4. The splash screen still says 1.4 though.

well the site welcomes feedback on bugs and stuff that just don't work they may have a patch or workaround for ya

Lol...6 years later and this bug still has not been fixed!

Using Evolution 2.24.2 on Fedora 10 and I have the same problem, except with an Imap Folder. In the Account preferences I selected the option: Apply filters automatically, but nothing happens. I still have to manually select all my messages in my Inbox and then hit 'Apply filters' (CTRL+Y).

That's Linux software for you...guess I will have another 5 years until it works. Really sad.

yea I have since moved on to thunderbird on both my fedora and windows boxes

the "add-ons" in WebMail and such make it much more functional for me

not that I have anything agains evolution , it is a fine reader

better late than never:

Edit -> Preferences -> Mail Accounts -> (select account) -> Edit -> Receiving Options -> Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this server.

Well doesn't work for me.
I use IMAP and have "Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this server" checked,
however filters are not appled to new e-mail.

If I select all messages and then press Ctrl+Y to run the filters manually, everything works fine.

Running Ubuntu 10.04, Evolution 2.28.3, Russian localization.

Updated to 11.04 - the Natty Narwhal with Evolution 2.32.2 last night, everything works fine so far. So the issue is solved for me.