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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 64556] additional features for mailserver
From:       Brad Hards <bhards () bigpond ! net ! au>
Date:       2003-09-20 1:57:40
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------- Additional Comments From bhards@bigpond.net.au  2003-09-20 03:57 -------
Subject: Re:  New: additional features for mailserver

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 02:07 am, Sandip Sar-Dessai wrote:
> As of the current version of KMail I could not find some features that
> could be useful to manage a POP3 mail account.
I think that your real problem is that you are still using 1.5.1. That 
certainly isn't a "current version". See below for detail.

> The general setting is that I would like to keep most mails on the server
> for two reasons. First, I am using multiple operating systems and want to
> be able to fetch them from any, and second, I want to keep a backup copy of
> the mails on the server.
When you configure your receiving account (Settings->Configure KMail, Network, 
Receiving) there is a checkbox that says "Delete mail from server after 
fetching". If you turn that off, it will be kept.

> It would be nice to have a feature like the one Outlook offers: deleting
> mails on the server according to settings. Specifically, it would be nice
> to have mails deleted after a certain time interval (like a hundred days),
> or to delete them when they are locally deleted. I could not find such a
> feature in the current KMail version; it seems that it is only supported to
> delete mails directly after having fetched them from the server.
I believe it is possible to delete on server when locally deleted, but I can't 
find the setting. There are many tools that can delete based on time - 
fetchmail might be useful, and you can run it as a cron job. I don't think 
that kmail can do that though.

> Another thing that I miss is the opportunity to delete mails on the server
> based on a filter decision. It would be nice if one could say "Delete mail
> on the server if subject contains xxx" or "Delete all mails on the server
> which have been moved to folder yyy". Using such a functionality, one could
> easily identify spam mails and delete them from the server, since they will
> in no case be of interest later.
This you can do the first using Settings->Configure POP filters..
The second is possibly a valid wishlist item.

Suggest that you close this wishlist item, and write a new wishlist that 
discusses the manipulation of messages on the POP server in detail. I'm not 
sure how much interest there will be though - the focus for KMail seems to be 
moving to IMAP.

Brad
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