Re: [Evolution] Updates of Vfolders

[Scott Dixon <scott metaphorics com>]

On 18 Jan 2001 12:11:56 +1100, Rodd Clarkson wrote:
> > > Wouldn't it make sense for the vfolders to update each time the mail is
> > > checked?  This would keep them nicely in-sync without the problem
> > > mentioned above.  Of course this could be a problem if you have
> > > evolution set to automatically check mail every minute (which I don't
> > > > think you can do yet can you?).
> > That is a good time to refresh the vfolders but I think they need to be kept in better sync than that.
> >
> > Suppose, for example, you wanted to have a vfolder for all your messages
> > marked important (!).  You might go through other folders and mark
> > various messages important and then visit the Important vfolder
> > expecting to find them all there to be dealt with.  But they wouldn't
> > appear until the next mail check, which is probably not what most people
> > would expect.  I think you have to check the filters for a vfolder when
> > you enter it so that you see the correct contents.  It would be OK with
> > me if the contents didn't get continually updated while I was in the
> > vfolder (thus taking care of the issue of messages blinking out of view
> > as they were read).  But my expectation is that when I enter a folder,
> > it has up to date contents.  It would be nice if the folder stayed up to
> > date while you were in it, but I could live without that.
> > Scott
>
> I like your way more.
> How about setting vfolder to update each time you select the vfolder
> (including when you are in it), and then adding an option to refresh the
> folder (in case you have your email downloaded every 2 mintues (assuming
> evo gets this feature) or if you want to flush read messages from
> vfolder for unread messages.  The refresh button could go in a number of
> places.  On the toolbar, in the context menus, and of course it's
> already refreshes when you select the vfolder.
>
> Then the vfolder's behavior is predictable.  No sudden changes because
> the mail downloads.  And the content doesn't have to change until you
> enter the vfolder anyway, so why constantly have it updating for no
> reason.

Yes I think that is a reasonable compromise.  It may not be that
expensive to keep the folder updated constantly since there would be a
limited number of messages which would have to be rechecked (you can
only change the status of messages in the folder you are in, for
example).  But as I said, I could live without it.