[imp] Unexpected deletion of drafts in DIMP

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>
>>> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>>>
>>>> This is a UI issue.  This is still a use for stationery - it just  
>>>> needs to be easier to create stationery if necessary.  We could  
>>>> also add an option (I think Thunderbird has this option) to  
>>>> create a mail message from the contents of any existing message.
>>>
>>> There already is the resume feature, isn't it?
>>
>> Only for messages marked as drafts.  We could probably use the same  
>> backend machinery, but we still need to label it differently.   
>> Especially since resuming drafts should restore all recipients, but  
>> 'create new message from message contents' shouldn't.
>
> How about allowing to store messages in the drafts folder without  
> marking them as drafts. Those would be templates then.

This is confusing.  All of our "special" mailboxes are single purpose  
only - Drafts, Spam, Trash.  Having messages in a special mailbox that  
might be treated differently depending on an IMAP flag is not good UI.

I've thought about allowing marking of individual messages in any  
mailbox as "templates" using an IMAP flag (i.e. 'imptemplate').  But I  
am still unclear why stationery is not a better solution.

On that same note, it would be really great if we would create a  
special mailbox for stationery and store the data in there (instead of  
in the prefs).  This would make the stationery messages available for  
use in other mail programs.  The downside is that stationery would no  
longer be available on POP3 servers (or servers that don't allow  
folders).  But maybe that's ok... I have been moving to make IMP a  
very basic POP3 viewer, but not providing any of the advanced tools  
when using as a POP3 client.

michael

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