On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 13:32 +0100, Thomas Mittelstaedt wrote: > Am Montag, den 22.02.2010, 01:29 -0430 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan: > > The right way to do it is by allowing the user to add criteria to the > > combo box. > > > > Again: Defining a new label, either in the system preferences -> Mail or > by selecting a mail and using the right-click pop-up, adds this > new label to the above mentioned combo-box allowing you to filter the > list according to this criterion. Entering a term in to the search box > to the right lets you search within these mails.
I know all that. However it doesn't get me where I want to go. Consider this: if I'm only interested in Unread mails, I can select that from the combo box and it works. Furthermore, if I mark a message as Read the list updates automatically (not instantly, but whenever Evo decides to do it, typically if I leave the folder and return, or if a new message arrives.) I'd like it to be instant but I can live with it as it is. Of course I can also update the view manually by reselecting Unread. Now suppose I don't just want Unread messages, but Unread AND/OR Todo AND/OR Important. I can certainly define a label -- let's call it Interesting -- which encompasses those criteria, but the folder will not update if any of the criteria change for a message unless I *manually* change the Interesting label as well as for example Todo or Important. A filter is simply not capable enough because it can't remove labels. What I really want is a dynamically updated view of the folder where I can specify my own selection test with sufficient flexibility, and not just use the wired-in tests Evo already has. The irony is that Search Folders already do this, but for others reasons aren't really what I want either (see original post). poc PS Slightly OT, but why can't one filter on "not Deleted"? _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
