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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    [Bug 57908] Wish: Notification on new mail only when not
From:       mischa () irev2 ! com
Date:       2003-09-11 16:32:15
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------- Additional Comments From mischa@irev2.com  2003-09-11 18:32 -------
 
I have a different take on this feature request. As near as I can tell, most 
KMail users will have filters set up for their accounts. Regardless of how 
extensive their filters are, users would wish to disable notification for a 
certain set of incoming mail- say, mail that gets into their spam folder, or 
perhaps a high-traffic mailing list.  
 
Wouldn't a filter action (or checkbox, probably) meet this need more 
accurately than folder-by-folder preferences? I forsee a checkbox in the 
filter rule dialog near the "If this filter matches, stop processing here" 
checkbox. It could be labeled "If this filter matches, do not notify me." In 
my mind, most people are familiar with filter management, and it seems that 
keeping this option near where it would likely be sought makes a lot of sense. 
 
I'm not sure why nobody has suggested this idea yet- it seems like a pretty 
neat solution to this problem. OTOH, I may have missed another bug mentioning 
this idea. Of course, there may be any number of technical reasons to not do 
this, but I confess my ignorance. 
 
I also know that there is a filter action called Execute Command, but I don't 
think that covers the Kmail notification function. 
 
Also, it seems to me that several bugs all group around this same notion of 
selective notification. In particular, I've found that bugs 54268, 63710, and 
60991 look similar- Is there a protocol for duplicate feature requests? 
 
Thanks for reading, 
 
Mischa.
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