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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 147393] New: Improvements to the "remove duplicates" features
From:       Pupeno <pupeno () pupeno ! com>
Date:       2007-06-30 10:34:11
Message-ID: 20070630123409.147393.pupeno () pupeno ! com
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           Summary: Improvements to the "remove duplicates" features
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: pupeno pupeno com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

First, thank you for adding this extremely usefull feature. I gave Evolution a try \
and in the migration I ended up with many duplications, in some cases up to 7 copies \
(if you multiply that to 16000 sent-email, you get the picture of the problem). I \
went back to KMail (after a really prolonged use of Evolution, which says something \
good about KMail) and the "remove duplicates" really solved much of the problem. \
Thank you!

Now, I have some ideas to improve it:

1- Be able to compare only some parts of the email, and by that I mean, from, to, cc, \
bcc, subject, and body. I've had 16000 sent-mail, now I have 26000, which is better \
than 40000 but there's a lot of duplicate there anyway. A close inspection in many of \
the emails showed me that the only difference is one field, like X-Status, or \
X-Evolution, or similar. I really don't care about maintaining separate messages \
because the X-Status is different while all the rest is the same. I think the remove \
duplicate feature should be configurable regarding what is compared and what is not, \
but this configuration should be hidden from the normal user (in some "advanced" tab) \
and some sane defaults be picked. What is sane is up to you, you know more about mail \
than I, maybe comparing all is the sane default.

2- Comparing duplicate messages in different folders. It happened to me that over \
time I've changed the way I ordered my email, so I know I have duplicates in various \
folders. It'd be nice to be able to find duplicates in folder X and all it's \
subfolders. Obviously, which one to delete? I think that a nice dialog should be \
                shown here with the subject and both folders with the options to:
  - Leave both.
  - Delete one.
  - Delete the other.
  - Delete both.

3- Progress. This feature may be a must for feature 2. It'd be nice if you showed a \
progress dialago showing some kind of progress. It doesn't have to be exact or \
linear. A list with the delete messages would be nice. For ideas I'd recommend you to \
take a look at one of the plug ins for Gwenview or KPhotoAlbum that allows to remove \
duplicate images; a problem a bit harder that the email-one.

Thank you!


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