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feat: Add note about system mailbox in filters
Sieve filters dont work in the system mailbox. Add a note about this issue on the filter page as well, instead of the mailbox page only.
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@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ Existing maildirs with a dot in the local part have a path like ``~/users/my:add
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Sieve will then store and read the scripts from the linked folder. For newly created mailboxes, this problem is already fixed and you dont need a workaround.
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System mailbox
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The :doc:`system mailbox <mail-mailboxes>` created under ``~/Maildir`` allows to set up Sieve filters, but they are never executed.
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To use Sieve filters you need to :doc:`create a regular mailbox <mail-mailboxes>` and enable the :doc:`spamfolder <mail-spam>`.
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Background
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