Re: [Evolution] Save hooks again - more details...

[Bodo Bauer <bb turbolinux com>]

On 11 Jan 2001 13:28:49 -0500, Michael Leone wrote:
> > I got a few replies on my feature request and seems like I need to
> > explain a little bit more detailed what I mean.  I'm not talking about
> > regular filters or vfolders. Those I know (and use), but it's not what
> > I mean. Save hooks are like filters, but they are not applied when
> > the mail gets received. Imgine this scenario (which is pretty close
> > to the truth for me and many others...)
> >
> > You email with friends and coworkers a lot, and you like to file
> > messages in a folder per person. However you want to read and
> > reply to those messages from you inbox, so they need to show
>
> Why? Since you're going to be filing them in another folder anyway, why not
> just answer from there?
> I'm unclear as to what is gained by doing it this way.

I have hundreds of contacts and it's just not practical to have
unanswered mail distributed
into the folders. I need a single location where all these mails show up
first. Maybe it's just
my way of doing things...


> > up there. When done you like to file the message away into
> > this persons folder. OK you say why not a filter that copies the
> > mail into the persons folder and leaves it in the inbox, so you
> > can delete it there when done with it? Well, I don't know for whom
> > I have a 'copy' rule already and for whom not. I may loose mail
> > because I imagine a persons folder where ther is none.
>
> Plus, it doubles the storage requirements for that message. Imagine a
> message with a 34M attachment (yes, I actually got one like that once :-)

Well it's only taking up double space until the mail is answered and
removed. But still it's
not a workable solution.

BB


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