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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Patch: templates for kmail (Bug #1015)
From:       Florian Weber <Florian.Weber () pfaffenhofen ! de>
Date:       2001-08-14 20:58:40
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On Tuesday 14 August 2001 21:19, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > - added special msgActivated handler for template folders:
> >    now open composer (with copy of original) instead of reader
> Actually I don't think it's a good idea to make every folder a possible
> template folder. IMHO simply adding a new system folder called
> 'Templates' would suffice.

I was thinking about those people who would like to have multiple template 
folders. In my experience, users often like to sort their 
mails/templates/whatever by projects. This is made impossible by a single, 
system-wide template folder.

I agree that most home users will (probably) use a single template folder. In 
an enterprise environment however, splitting things up can be an absolute 
neccessity. (On my last job, I once saw a user with ~30 "project 
directories", each of them with about 10-15 subfolders - and he really did 
need them)

Also, if You have to hand over a project, it is much easier to just 
copy/forward/... *one* complete subtree (possibly including mail templates) 
instead of having to look for project files all over the place.

I think what it boils down to is: are messages to be sorted
a) by their 'type' (mail/template/news/..)   --> one system folder
b) by their content (projectA/projectB/...)  --> every folder can hold e.g. 
templates

Unfortunately, I cannot see a way to reconcile those two views. Perhaps I am 
just thinking too far along the KMail/Knode convergence line :-)

I'll just leave the choice to all you KMail gurus :-)

BTW: if we stick to "multiple folders", perhaps changing the mini icon in the 
tree view (as for system folders) might be a good idea

Florian
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