[imp] Idea for new feature: View Only...

[Earnie Boyd]

Quoting Eric Gorr <mailist at ericgorr.net>:

> Quoting Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net>:
>
>> Quoting Eric Gorr <mailist at ericgorr.net>:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> The search functionality, as implemented is quite cumbersome for a user who
>>> would be switching between views often for their various folders. While
>>> one can
>>> create virtual folders, it seems wrong to expect a user to create a virtual
>>> folder for each view for each folder they would commonly be switching
>>> between.
>>>
>>
>> It must depend on the user.  I like the virtual folder method and it
>> certainly matches the Outlook client functionality or maybe even
>> surpasses it.
>
> Well, I, for example, subscribe to several mailing lists...currently
> 27. I have
> a folder and filter for each mailing list such that when I visit my INBOX, it
> automatically moves all new messages to the appropriate folder.
>
> Now, the views I am most interested in would be:
>
> Important
> Not Important
> Unseen
>
> So, the number of Virtual Folders I would need would be:
>
> 27 * 3 = 81
>
> This seems to be an extraordinary amount of work for something that could be
> handled automatically with an additional feature.
>

Try "Select All" then unselecting your Trash and SPAM folders.  You 
would need only three virtual folders.

Earnie Boyd

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