Re: [Evolution] Re: What I want in a mail client ....

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj helixcode com>]

On 13 Dec 2000 14:41:51 -0500, Alan Shutko wrote:
> My list.  It can be summed up as "I want it to be able to replace
> Gnus."
>
> * Retrieve from multiple POP accounts, inbox files, or mix.

done.

> * Filtering based on header or full-body.

done.

> * Filtering to groups based on type of match.  In other words, I want
>   to create a single rule that anything matching HDC *\([0-9]+\) gets
>   placed in work.calls.\1 (for instance).

done.

> * Hierarchical folder viewing.

done.

> * Fast access to messages in 32MB folders.  Ideally, fast access to
>   messages in folders up to 100MB or larger (so I don't have to keep
>   archiving folders).  Folders should be able to have at least 10,000
>   messages in them without degrading.  (Given the number of people who
>   complain about the speed of Gnus with 10,000 message folders, I'm
>   sure I'm not the only one who deals with lots of mail.)

Yeah, we pretty much kick arse in this category. done.

> * Flexible personalities (signature and header values, at a minimum)
>   on a per-folder basis.

sort of done, but not really ;-)
We will support multiple identities. What do you mean by "header
values"?

> * Ability to override various brokenness (Reply-to headers set to
>   lists, for example) on a per-folder basis.
>
> * Per-folder information for mailing lists: posting address, admin
>   address, etc.
>
> * Ability to set display to new messages only, on a per-folder basis

Zucchi is working on this now.

> * Good disconnected use.  The only way I should notice that I'm
>   disconnected (if I'm using local message store) is that I'm not
>   getting new mail.

Do you mean with IMAP? or what? If you mean with IMAP, it'll be there
"soon" otherwise it's not an issue.

> * News access, preferably treating newsgroups and mailing list folders
>   the same.

sorta lacking here because it's not a "must have" feature but it does
sort of work supposedly.

> * Dynamic signatures 8^)
>
> * gzipped folder/message support

Ugh...

> * Scoring

Backend already supports this and filters do too, but there's no GUI for
it yet.

> * Per-folder message expiry (so I don't have to specify when to
>   hard-delete messages)
>
> It would also be nice if it could search dejanews, read webmail and
> webboards as normal groups, etc. but those are a pain to do.  The
> above is a list of the features I use on a daily basis.  I haven't yet
> tried Evolution (getting at least 500 msg/day makes me wary of 


Jeff