Re: [Evolution] autocreate/autodelete tmpfilters for mailinglist threads/subthreads

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 11:08 +0200, "The Wicked Wookie" wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 09:34 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 03:01 +0200, "The Wicked Wookie" wrote:
> > > I wonder if Evolution is capable of autocreate/delete temporary filters
> > > for messages that belong to a certain mailing list thread/subthread?!
> > >
> > > I don't want to go through the 'classic' filter creation procedure
> > > (clicking lots of buttons, wasting lots of time). I'm rather seeking a
> > > lightspeed keyboard shortcut way of doing it on arbitrary threads.
> > >
> > > The specific thread filters should also get autodeleted after some time
> > > so they don't pollute my filter space unnecessarily over time.
> >
> > It's not autodeleted, but what about Right click and "create rule from
> > message"?
>
> The Right click is a good start. But how about having also your own
> filter templates in the context menu? Like 'Filter based on thread' or
> more specific 'Trash all messages related to this Message-ID/Reference'.

Are these two different things? It's hard to know what you mean. Note
that there is currently no explicit match on Message-ID so that would
need to be added. Also, there's no way to specify a filter based on
properties derived from another message at runtime.

> It would make life on high volume mailinglists so much easier. Although
> a filter-expire would be vital in such a use case... know what I mean?!

My advice is to try and make this proposal more precise (it seems very
vague and hand-wavy at the moment), and then submit it as a Request For
Enhancement.

poc