Re: [Evolution] Feature Request

[carlo piana <carlo piana tiscalinet it>]

Il mar, 2002-12-17 alle 13:30, Arthur S. Alexion ha scritto:
> On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 03:32, carlo piana wrote:
> > A feature I would like to have is the ability to control the server
> > status on the POP server. I.E. to keep messages and delete them after a
> > fixed date, and/or to delete them on demand, a feature which Eudora does
> > perfectly in W$.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Il mer, 2002-12-04 alle 18:16, Derek Denk ha scritto:
> > > One thing I'd like to see in evolution is an option to save replies to
> > > messages in the same folder as the original message.
>
> I think both of these "features" can be implemented by the user just
> writing a simple rule.
>
> For instance, I have rules that sort incoming mail into separate
> mailboxes based on a mailing list.  All I would have to do is have the
> rule apply to outgoing as well as incoming mail.

This is not entirely correct for what concerns my problem. I do not see
how a rule can affect the (in)ability to delete a message *on the server
side* at a certain date. All we can do now is to delete *or* to keep the
messages altogether. A feature which allowed to delete selected messages
from server and not others would permit, for instance, to delete spam
and infected messages from the POP server preventing from multiple
downloads in an environment where several people access the same
mailbox. This could be for instance useful for people downloading same
messages from different locations. 

I know that this is not exactly the paradigm for which POP is meant to
work, yeah, I know that this is an IMPAP thing, but nonetheless it is
allowed and works with other mailers (none of which under *nix, AFAIK).

Thanks for replying, though!

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carlo piana <carlo piana tiscalinet it>