Re: [Logicmail-users] Feature requests

[KwangErn L. <ke...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Derek Konigsberg <
dko...@lo...> wrote:

>
> > - Mark labels for each email
> Can you be more specific?  This is something that is obviously
> IMAP-only, and support for non-standard labels might be inconsistently
> supported across servers.  So if a feature for this is designed, I'll
> need some examples of how its normally done.
>

You've a point there, it's a non-standard under IMAP.

A quick search didn't draw alot of answers.

Here's a link that suggests a (PHP) way to create, delete and rename:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/apps-apis/thread?tid=43a124af38d74cee&hl=en

It doesn't quite show how one can assign a label.

Am guessing a message with multiple labels means the message is copied (or
symlinked) across the relevant label directory?



> > - Enable message threading
> You know, I've never actually enabled this feature on my desktop clients
> (mostly Thunderbird these days), but I can see how it could be useful.
> It might look a little awkward with a partially-downloaded mailbox,
> though.  It would also be quite complex, since it would require a
> completely different mailbox screen design.  (and one that might be a
> challenge to make touchscreen-compatible)
>
> So I'm not ruling it out forever, but it might be a little too much for
> now.
>

Understood.



>
> > - Removal of double dashes in signature (optional)
> Adding those double-dashes was actually a specific user request.
> Apparently, they're the standard way of delimiting the signature block
> in E-Mail (technically its two dashes, a space, and a line-feed), so
> clients can detect the signature.  Can you give me an example of another
> e-mail client that adds then, optionally, so I can see how they
> configure that?
>

Addition to what Jess mentioned, I've found a bug report for Thunderbird
that went through as a feature under the preference
mail.identity.default.suppress_signature_separator

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58406



> > - Offline storage of IMAP emails, whilst having updates whenever possible
> I already cache any message you read, so that's done.  What I don't do
> yet is robust background polling and/or message download.  That's the
> signature feature for 2.1, once I get the time to start designing it.
> (2.0-beta issues and correspondence may keep me busy for a while)
>

Understood. Good things come in good time. :)

IMHO, it's the most important feature for any IMAP client.


>
> > - Sort generic labels/folders/directories to the top level, i.e. Inbox,
> > Starred, Sent, All Mail, Trash, etc. Labels come underneath it.
> This is actually a decent idea, and one that might not be too hard to
> implement.  For now, it'll just do folders that are specifically
> configured (i.e. Sent/Drafts), since the IMAP spec doesn't specifically
> mention any folder names beyond INBOX.  Assigning this one to 2.0 for
> now, but it might get pushed to 2.1:
>
> http://www.logicprobe.org/proj/logicmail/ticket/271


Thanks!


KwangErn