Re: [Evolution] Duplicates removal

["Denis O. Mikhalkin" <dom sparc spb su>]

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 21:26, guenther wrote:
> > Thoughts:
> > - surely it shouldn't be automatic, manual, with short-cut.
> >
> > - the algorithm should be working that way so it doesn't delete
> > different messages. But if he misses some duplicates it is ok. It might
> > be based on headers I think, no body comparision is needed. If header is
> > changed - ok, we miss some duplicates.
> >
> > - there is already successul implementation used by big number of users,
> > TheBat, which has "Kill Duplicates" action on folder. May be you can
> > just "import" the algorithm from it? It is described in its help system
> > in details. I was using it for a long time and I was satisfied on its
> > success/miss ratio.
>
> Which of the duplicates are to be kept??
>
> For example: The one in my Inbox or the one in my archives?
I think I don't understand your point, I propose to make "Remove
duplicates" to be action running on folder.
When run on folder, duplicates removal action should check whether there
are duplicate messages in this folder, and remove newer duplicate
messages.

Denis