Re: [Evolution] different From- and To-Header for different folders

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 16:48 +0200, Bjoern Schiessle wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:53:45 -0430 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 17:18 +0200, Bjoern Schiessle wrote:
> > > > If you set up account info for each of your different addresses,
> > > this should happen automatically. It does for me.
> > >
> > > What do you mean exactly? I have a account for every mail address I
> > > use. The complete Inbox comes from one IMAP account.
> >
> > I've no idea what that means. If you're using IMAP, *each* account has
> > its own Inbox. When you're in that Inbox (or indeed any folder belong to
> > that account), the default From address will be set correctly.
>
> Sorry for not being precious enough. I have only *one* IMAP account.

I assume you mean "precise", not "precious" (at least I hope so :-)

> This account has several folders:
>
> INBOX
> INBOX.gnome
> INBOX.gnome.evolution
> INBOX.work
> etc.
>
> Now I want to set different "From"-header (identities) to different
> folders because for work mails I use a different email address than for
> private mails, than for mailing lists, etc.
>
> Additionally for folders which contain mails from a mailing list I would
> like to set the "To"-header by default to the mailing list. Because if I'm
> located at the folder of an mailing list generally I want to write to the
> list. As you wrote in your other mail this seems not possible.
>
> Both are behaviors I used in Mutt, Gnus and Claws-Mail. Now I would like
> to use Evolution at one of my systems due the good GNOME integration. But
> I would like to keep this IMHO really useful behavior.

I can't think of an obvious way of doing this. The Composer would have
to know which folder you were in when you called it, but even that is
ambiguous because you can have several folders open in different panes
at the same time (perhaps those other mailers don't support this, I
wouldn't know).

If this is important to you, file an enhancement request at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org. Post the bug number here in case anyone else
wants to add comments.

My own feeling is that Evo could use some extra support specifically for
mailing lists, such as automatic filing in list folders without the user
having to set everything up by hand. If it could handle that, then
adding the feature you want (specifically for mailing lists) would not
be such a stretch.

poc