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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] messagelist folder switching
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jos () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2013-05-20 21:35:31
Message-ID: CAABAGrUO4saHSgeVVhAB8=4QRy=3DdRTFUNhMobXRfpkyHPaow () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Georg C. F. Greve <greve@kolabsys.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 May 2013 00.46:54 David Faure wrote:
>> do we really need the feature where the user can select multiple folders in
>> the foldertree, and see in the messagelist, the messages from all these
>> folders combined? Does anyone really use this?
>
> It's a feature I typically use up around 5 times every day.
>
> Server side mail filtering often lets threads end up in different folders, and
> most setups use different folders for Archive & Sent. So when I want to share
> an email conversation with someone, or assemble a complete picture, I select
> all the involved folders and now get the entire thread(s) for forwarding.
>
> The alternative would be to do a forwarding of <switch> <drag> <switch> <drag>
> ... for every single message. That's a whole lot less convenient.
>
> So I'd be rather unhappy to see it go, to be honest.

Hmmm, wouldn't fixing the filters not be the 'proper' solution? What
you do sounds like a workaround for a problem, rather than taking
advantage of a feature...


> Best regards,
> Georg
>
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