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

[Eric Jon Rostetter]

Quoting Eric Gorr <mailist at ericgorr.net>:

> Eric Jon Rostetter wrote:
>> Quoting Eric Gorr <mailist at ericgorr.net>:
>>
>>> This is a common feature found in other popular e-mail applications, like
>>> Thunderbird - the ability to display only certain kinds of messages in a
>>> mailbox.
>>
>> As others have said, this can be done via virtual folders.  I'm not
>> sure what your objections to this are, or how you would provide a better
>> solution.
>
> It seems cumbersome to be forced to setup 81 virtual folders (just for
> starters) to have it work in the way I want it to work.

Okay, I understand what you want now.  It seems reasonable to do what
you want...  Not using Thunderbird et al, and with the limited description
you gave in your initial posting, I didn't know what you wanted exactly.

>>> This could be largely thought of as a more generic implementation of the
>>> Show/Hide Deleted messages feature.
>>
>> If you wanted it restricted to a single mailbox.  The virtual folders seem
>> more useful to me as they can span folders selectively.  Show/Hide
>> Deleted (AFAIK) only work on a single folder.
>
> For those who would want all of the 'Important' messages in every single
> folder (I've got 27 at the moment, but this number is not static)  to
> appear in a single, potentially _very_ long list, yes, virtual folders
> are the way to go.
>
> However, I do not want this.

Okay.  I wasn't sure what you did want, or why you wanted it.  Now that I
understand what you want, it seems like a reasonable request.  I'm not
sure I would use it, but I can see where others might want to use such
a feature.

> May I ask what the reason is to keep the Show/Hide Deleted feature
> around? Cannot Virtual Folders already do this?

They are more to make an imap connection emulate a pop3 connection.
It's always been a bit of a kludge to quiet a lot of complaints...
They're more cosmetic than anything useful.  The virtual folders,
search, and your proposal are more functional than cosmetic.

-- 
Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

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