[imp] several questions from a newbie

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 12:11 +0100, Oliver Lehmann wrote:
> I've switched from a local POP3 Mail Client to Horde IMP.
> Together with the switch to IMP I've of course some questions resulting
> from my old habits ;)
> I hope you can help me out.
> - Is it possible to easily mark all messages in a folder as "/Seen"?

In the Folder view, not in the message-list view.

> - I've a bunch of filters set up to move messages automatically out of
>    my Inbox into several other folders. Is it possible to get a count of
>    unread messages for each of my other folders displayed beside the
>    folder name like it is done for INBOX?

Yes, in the Horde summary view the mail-box list widget will do this.

>    Does this not happen because of the IMP filter rules and so all
>    filtered messages do no longer appear to be "new"? Can this be worked
>    around maybe by using procmail for moving mails when they arrive
>    directly? Would I get this counter beside each folder when using
>    procmail and not filtering with Horde?

Use Sieve,  then you can manage those filters via the very-good Ingo
Horde application.  They get processed by the server on delivery.  If
not using an IMAP server that supports SIEVE [Cyrus!] then upgrade.

> - This one is regarding the Threaded view / sorting. I know this is
>    based on IMAP's c-client mail_thread() but is there a way to only

I have no idea; it is true that threading in IMP doesn't work as well as
in clients like GNOME's Evolution.

> - When setting up IMP I came across some deletion/reorganisation settings
>    for the "Sent" folder. I definitly do not want any moving or deletion
>    of my Mails in the Sent folder - yes I want to keep millions of mails
>    from thousand of years in this single folder - is that the case or will
>    IMP start to remove or move my mails around there?

They are disabled by default (?) or can be disabled via preferences.  I
also dislike clients "managing" my folders; if folders are to be managed
that is the server's job [Cyrus provides delayed expunge, purging
capability, and message expiration].

> - Beside the "Sent" folder I could need some help with some sort of
>    automatic deletion of mails in defined (Mailinglist) folders.
>    In the past I just ran a find on my local system to find files
>    older lets say 3 month and delete them from those directories. Now it
>    would be cool if IMP could do this for me after magically setting this
>    up somehow. Is it possible or does someone know how to achive this
>    easily?

With Cyrus you can set expiration times fore messages on a per folder
basis via annotation.
-- 
Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org> LPIC-1, Novell CLA
<http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com>
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