Re: [Evolution] Sent Items

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 11:54 -0400, Art Alexion wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 11:49 -0400, Art Alexion wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 11:31 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 10:34 -0400, Art Alexion wrote:
> > > > I like the way kmail give me the choice of keeping replies in the
> > > folder
> > > > of the original message.  This makes great sense when using threaded
> > > > message view.
> > > >
> > > > I can't find a way to set this in Evolution, but wonder if there is
> > > a
> > > > work-around.  I thought about designating the inbox as the sent
> > > folder,
> > > > but that isn't really satisfactory.
> > > would a filter on outgoing mail to move it into the inbox work for
> > > you.
> >
> > Yes.  Thanks, and to make it even better, I can add additional criteria
> > to put it in different folders.
> >
> > For instance, if I have a folder called "Evolution" where this mailing
> > list is filtered to, I can have a criterion that checks to see if any of
> > the recipients contain evolution-list, and if so, move the outgoing item
> > to "Evolution".
>
> OK.  This was a great idea, except, it doesn't work, at least with Evo
> 2.22.2 on Ubuntu Hardy.  I have to go into the Sent Items folder,
> highlight and Ctrl-Y.

Alternatively, just create a virtual folder that picks up both the list
folder and your replies to the list (from your Sent folder). I do this
and it works fine with no moving of messages required. The only
downsides are:

1) You visit the virtual folder instead of the real one, and virtual
folders have their own place in the folder list.

2) It's OK to do this for a few cases, but doing it for every
correspondent is impractical. IIRC Kmail allows this with no extra work.

A nice enhancement would be to allow virtual folders to shadow real
ones, i.e. the display would show the virtual folder instead of the real
one. Needs some thinking about though.

poc