Re: [Evolution] Updates of Vfolders

[Rodd Clarkson <rodd redfishbluefish com au>]

On 17 Jan 2001 16:20:02 -0800, Scott Dixon wrote:
> On 17 Jan 2001 19:07:25 -0500, JP Rosevear wrote:
> > On 17 Jan 2001 11:29:43 -0800, Scott Dixon wrote:
> > > In the 2001011407 nightly update, I set up a Vfolder which filters on
> > > status isnot read.  This collects together the unread messages from
> > > various folders as it should.  However, after these messages are read,
> > > they remain in the Vfolder.  Only when Evo is restarted are the contents
> > > of this Vfolder correctly updated.  It seems like the contents of the
> > > folder should be updated when the status of a message changes.
> >
> > Not quite as simple as that because you won't have time to read the
> > actual message as it blinks out of the folder :-).  
>
> Yeah, I thought of that as well.  I didn't think of a real clean
> solution to that.  Perhaps there needs to be a menu item to refresh the
> vFolder contents or perhaps the VFolder contents should be automatically
> refreshed every time you visit the folder.  Or at least the message you
> are currently reading shouldn't go away due to filters!  Outlook has a
> view for unread messages and I think they disappear as soon as you move
> to the next message.  I'll have to check next time I run Outlook.


Wouldn't it make sense for the vfolders to update each time the mail is
checked?  This would keep them nicely in-sync without the problem
mentioned above.  Of course this could be a problem if you have
evolution set to automatically check mail every minute (which I don't
think you can do yet can you?).

mintSlice