On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 20:57 +0100, Heiko Jansen wrote: > >>> Patrick O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
