Hi On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 14:14 -0400, Philippe LeCavalier wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick O'Callaghan <p...@usb.ve> > To: evolution-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Evolution] goto most recent feature > Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:51:55 -0430 > Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 (2.26.3-1.fc11) > > On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 09:48 -0400, Philippe LeCavalier wrote: > > Is there a way to have Evo go to the most recent message when > > selecting a folder? I like sorting my mail oldest to newest - bottom > > being the most recent message but Evo defaults to selecting the > > top-most message...Aside from the obvious workaround of sorting the > > mail newest on top, what can I do? > > AFAIK, this is not currently possible. I seem to remember a feature > request about it a long time ago but I'm too lazy to search the BZ > database :-) > > Note that Evo doesn't in fact always select the top-most message. It > selects the last message visited if it knows what it is. For some reason > it forgets this from time to time -- I've never bothered looking into > what the conditions are -- and just heads for the topmost message. > > Personally I would like an algorithm like this: > > 1) If there is a remembered "last visited message", select it > > else: > > 2) If there are unread messages, select the oldest of them (or > optionally the newest one). Oldest and newest to be defined by the > timestamp of the message reception, not the sender's date header. > > else: > > 3) select the newest message, which may be at the top or the bottom or > even in the middle, depending on the sort order. Evolution does provide a filer to display "Recent messages", listed besides "Show", along with "Read messages","Unread messages",....
> > poc > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > Your suggestion would be perfect. > > Another thing, what about the ability to search message filters? I've > got tons of them and recently when I switched IMAP servers Evo lost > touch with all the "move to" folders - which is to be expected. I > found it mind-numbing to comb through the list for a particular filter > to update the folder it should move the message to. > > Phil > > ...just realized I did Reply and not Reply All > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list -- Ritesh Khadgaray Linux and Desktop Ph: +919970164885 blog: http://khadgaray.blogspot.com Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
