Re: [Evolution] Antw: Re: Antw: Re: Folder for sent mail?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 20:57 +0100, Heiko Jansen wrote:
> > > > Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve> 14.12.06 17.43 Uhr >>>
> > > Hi Patrick - just to clarify my point of view: My wish is not
> limited to 
> > > organize communication with a certain correspondent. I have, e.g.,
> folders 
> > > organized by certain topics or by institutions (with multiple 
> > > correspondents, and not all of which I know in advance). Admittedly
> this 
> > > makes it sometimes difficult for me to decide in which folder a
> mail goes 
> > > (yeah, I know, copying is old fashioned...)
> >
> > With vFolders you don't have to decide. That's the point. The same
> > message can be in multiple places if it answers to multiple
> criteria.
>
> Yep. But that works only if I have clear matching rules or if I
> manually apply 
> categories to the mails. vFolders are nice but in my eyes are much
> harder to 
> maintain than "real" folders for what I want to achieve.

If you don't have clear matching rules then you need to search on a
case-by-case basis. I don't see how any mail client can avoid that
(including Gmail). This applies whether your folders are real or
virtual.

poc