From kdepim-users  Mon Feb 05 16:28:46 2007
From: Robert Morrison <orbert () orbert ! net>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:28:46 +0000
To: kdepim-users
Subject: [kdepim-users] KMail: Notifications and Watched Threads
Message-Id: <200702051028.47053.orbert () orbert ! net>
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I find that I'm missing followups in watched threads. The 
only thing that I can find to do with a watched thread
is to have the thread opened under "Threaded Message
List Options;" this doesn't help much, though, in folders
where there are dozens of open threads because there
are many new messages (or when the watched thread is far
up/down in the thread list because it's old).

I checked under "notifications," but the only notification
that I see is "New mail arrived."

The following bug is for knode, but it addresses 
essentially what I'm looking for; the bug author says:

> I'd love to see notifications of two kinds:
> 1. A watched thread receives a new message
> 2. A thread with my own messages receives a new message

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86150

It's a weird thought, but in this specific instance I'd
like kmail to act more like popular forum software: send
me email notifications of followups to watched threads.
An email notification is ideal because:

-- it's persistent (I can ignore it when it arrives
but leave it in a place I know I'll find it later);

-- it's discoverable (I know I'll see it if it arrives 
in my inbox, or I can filter);

-- it works as well for old threads as it does for new
ones.

And maybe other reasons. 

Please let me know if I'm missing something that's present
in kmail's current capabilities that can accomplish this
just as well. Otherwise, thoughts on this issue?

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