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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] KMail: Notifications and Watched Threads
From:       Robert Morrison <orbert () orbert ! net>
Date:       2007-02-06 18:52:10
Message-ID: 200702061252.10817.orbert () orbert ! net
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On Monday 05 February 2007 19:42, Derek Broughton wrote:
> On Monday 05 February 2007 12:28, Robert Morrison wrote:
> >
> > 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 not _that_ persistent - once read it's indistinguishable from other 
> read  
> mail, and if filtered elsewhere you need to be diligent about clearing the 
> ones that you've paid attention to.

My approach is to leave stuff in the inbox if it needs
followup, and move it out otherwise; the read/unread
distinction isn't that important for me.

But I should have made clear in my original post that
I'm not really married to the idea of having kmail send
an email (frankly, I don't think that would ever be 
implemented). I just want a notification that behaves
in a way that meets those requirements, and in particular
one that works for older threads.

> Wouldn't just coloring a watched thread with new posts do as good a job?

Colored, expanded, eyeballs; none of those work when a 
thread isn't within a screen or two of 'current.'
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