On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 18:16 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 17:10 -0500, Internaut at Large wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 12:28 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > [...] > > > You could do that, and it would work as long as you remembered to do > > > everything in the right order. > > > > I'd write a script to do so, every Sunday, so you don't have to > > remember, and put the script in cron, or something similar. Or just run > > the script first thing Monday morning, after it has sucked down, and > > filtered all the incoming mail (a touch longer to wait on Monday morning > > to read my mail, after being away all weekend from it, but ... worth it, > > if it were to be the way I wanted to do things). > > That's OK. As I said earlier, you can script it outside of Evo, just not > inside. Make sure the script and the Evo installation agree on what the > various folder names are, or it could get embarassing. And of course run > it only when the user is online to the server (can be tricky with mobile > users). And be careful about concurrent access to the mailboxes, which > is undefined in IMAP.
Why not write a script or plugin for within evolution? There should be some way to do that ... > > > > Also, I'd pin my "trash" to the current-old folder (so when you "delete" > > > > a message, it moves it to the current-old folder. as opposed to simply > > > > marking it as trash). > > > > > > I've no idea what you mean by "pin my 'trash'". Evo's Trash is a virtual > > > folder which doesn't correspond to any one physical folder. Evo *never* > > > moves a message when deleting it, it just marks it. > > > > Right, so I would want the "delete" button to be actually the button I > > talk about, below, simply name it "delete" in the interface, but instead > > of actually deleting mail, it would do a move (copy/mark as deleted) to > > the current-old folder for things that want to eventually end up > > deleted, if they aren't rescued from the trash before then. > > > > > > This would (of course) be made easier if there was some way to make a > > > > button that would move things to specific folders, as opposed to simply > > > > opening up the move dialog box. > > > > > > This still doesn't address the OP's request for "automated expunging". > > > > Well the two in combination would. The script and the re-purposed > > "delete" icon/key mapping. Being able to move things, with a single > > click/keypress, into the current-old folder, and have the script either > > automatically be engaged weekly (or by hand, out of habit weekly) one > > then has the functionality asked for. It's somewhat crude, but it works > > within the strictures and structure of how IMAP works. > > The "repurposed" Delete key means changing Evo's interface, since it > can't be done with Evo as it stands (which is what the OP was asking). > Of course it could be done, no question, but are you going to do it? And > support it? I know I'm not. So it boils down to convincing the devels > that such a fairly radical change is a good idea and worth their time. > Good luck with that. > > Or you could just use Claws ... I already have a diff file that adds a "move" button to my button bar, in between delete and junk. 419a420,423 > <toolitem name="MessageMove" verb="" > _label="Move" > pixtype="pixbuf"/> > So, if there was some way to pin the MessageMove to move things, by invocation to a specific folder (current-old, in my description) something similar might be easily distributed, and maintained across versions. (this one is for 2.22 evolution/2.22/ui/evolution-mail-message.xml) so, it shouldn't be hard. -dkap _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
