From kmail-devel  Thu May 31 15:13:32 2001
From: don () sanders ! org
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 15:13:32 +0000
To: kmail-devel
Subject: Re: [RFC] mail stati -or- make "mark read" not treat on "mark
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kmail-devel&m=99132220504964

I do think that the current handling of status information is one of the more limited areas of KMail.

I'm not sure whether a char (8 bits) is enough room to store independent status information like (replied, forwarded, new/unread/read state, etc). Is 8 bits enough room for the bitfield?

It would also be nice to have a "has attachments" bit field.

If 8 bits is not enough, the new index format allows new fields to be added to the index more easily than the old one. 

To be honest about changing the status field in the body of the message itself on disk, I've been very cautious about doing this because I don't want to corrupt the message folder file on disk. (Currently KMail is extremely conservative about updating this file).

It would be nice to get some nicer icons for a messages state as shown in the list of message headers. Maybe layered icons with an alpha channel can be used to avoid the need for multiple status columns. Eg a replied icon with an alpha channel could be overlayed/juxataposed on/against a status new icon.

Ok that's my feedback, currently I'm remote on holiday, my access to email is limited.

Don.


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