Or you can just add one of the many applescripts and we don't need to duplicate the existing functionality of mail.
Mail rules being too complicated is an apple bug. One we aren't going to be able to fix. Chris On Dec 20, 2010, at 12:42 PM, "Richard L. Hamilton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 20, 2010, at 11:34 AM, grwl wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Just wanted to let you know that for some users (like me), it would be >> highly beneficial if growlmail would only notify the user whenever a >> message is in one (or multiple) smart folders. I have smart folders >> for important business contacts as well as for friends and family >> members. This way, I would only be notified if particularly valuable >> (in one way or the other) people sent me an email. >> >> Kind regards! > > I've only used rules and smart folders separately. Do they work together > somehow? Because it seems to me that the most flexible and integrated > approach (if less obvious than the present growlmail preference tab) would be > to trigger growlmail based on rules, providing maximum control over what > notifications were generated, and perhaps even somewhat over their style or > appearance. I gather there's a major new version in the works anyway, and I > suppose that approach has at least been considered for it. > > Rules would be the most flexible, but they are too complicated for most > people, without help. A preference tab that effectively generated or updated > some particular rules (distinguishable from all the rest somehow) would allow > the current ease of use for those who didn't need more, while providing > maximum flexibility for those who did, provided they were willing to learn > how to use it. > > That's as far as I can carry that thinking. The sort of programming involved > is not something I have enough experience at to produce code with any likely > amount of time invested. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
