Re: [Ilohamail-testers] 0.9 "Other" filter doesn't seem to work, other questions/suggestions

[Ryo C. <ry...@il...>]

Thanks for your comments.  Rodolfo's reply more or less covers the state
of things, but here are my comments just in case you want the
"official" response...

On 2/7/2004, "Doug Mandell" <dma...@gr...> wrote:

>I use Bogofilter, which adds a header called "X-Bogosity", my users now use that header to filter spam out of their inbox.  The problem is that when I try to use Ilohamail to filter based on that header it doesn't seem to work.  I switch the field to "Other" and type "X-Bogosity" in the "Other" text box, make the condition "Does" "contain" "Yes", name it and set a priority, the filter saves fine, but if I edit it again the Field has switched from Other to From:, and what I've typed in the "Other" box no longer exists.

Yes, this will be implemented/fixed.

>I only have three other suggestions, the first is that you make it easier for people 
>to create new themes (I don't see anything in 0.9, though from what I've read it 
>looks like you're working on it).

The themes feature will be one of my major areas of focus for 0.9.

>The second suggestion is that you allow logged in users to come back to their mailbox 
>without having to log in. 

I know this is something that many users want, but as Rodolfo pointed
out, I have no intention of implementing such features because it's
simply shoddy security practice.  If you need to access another website,
open a new tab/window.  If you get logged out, just log back in -it
takes all of 10 seconds.  Laziness is no excuse for compromising
security, and it's about time users learned that.

>Finally, it'd be nice if the user could sync the address book and contact list with 
>a PDA or other calendaring/contact management software.  Any plans to implement 
>this in the future?

There's an optional 3rd-party CSV importer that's included in 0.8.12,
which will likely be integrated with IlohaMail somewhere down the line. 
I've heard sporadic reports of people looking into iCard/vCard
integration, but nothing's come of it yet...

I understand the need for better synchronization features, but I probably
won't get around to it until after 0.9 (I guess that'd be 1.0).

>Pardon me any of the above is already working in Ilohamail, I've read pretty 
>thoroughly through the documentation, hopefully I haven't missed anything obvious.

No, these are all good questions.  Thanks again.

Ryo