"Set Status" filter just doesn't work

Thanks for your bug. That works fine for me. What version of Ubuntu do you use? Do you use the filter on a local or imap account?

Dapper, all packages updated about five minutes ago (Tuesday, April 18, 3:36PM Central Standard Time [USA]).

This pair of filters are set for the Evolution Exchange server at my place of employment. (PS: Exchange works FAR better under Dapper than it ever did in Breezy. I daresay its awesome.)

is that issue exchange specific maybe?

No, doesn't seem to be. Created a new filter with the same rules applying to a POP account - same result. I have screenshots, as soon as I figure out how to add them I can show you...

I've forwarded the issue upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341777

comment from upstream:

"would be interesting to know if it worked in the other order:
- Set its status to "read"
- Move it to FolderX"

Works fine for me with the other order

upstream has rejected the bug, doing the same. You can read the upstream bug for explanations on the topic

Please re-open and take a stand at upstream. For reasons, see the upstream bug.

It quite can't be expected from a non-hacker to understand why mark & then move works while moving & then marking doesn't. Even if this behaviour which does not accord to the Gnome User Interface Guidlines cannot be avoided, a warning message and the hint that the user should reverse the command order would be necessary.

I met several non-hacking people using Evolution and they all had this problem and considered this as a bug.

Agreed. This should never have been marked as invalid.

Its ok saying there is a workaround, but that doesnt exclude the fact that the underlying problem is infact a bug.

The bug was reported in 2006, and its still causing usability issues 2 years later