Hi All,
I am working on a feature where we would like to have 'Get Msg' button turned on in all cases or in most of
the cases. There are couple of issues involved here..
1. Pref Controlling behavior
- We need a pref in mailnews prefs panel so that user can enable or disable this feature.
- A pref that says "Get Messages for all (authenticated) accounts".
2. 'Get Msg' button visibility
a. When do we want to show this button and when to hide.
- I think we should display it in all cases except when we select a news server (note: not newsgroup).
3. 'Get Msg' button functionality
a. Get messages for all accounts vs all authenticated accounts.
- Authenticated accounts are the ones for which password is remembered for.
- It will be appropriate to get messages only for authenticated accounts.
b. When a particular account/server is selected
- This case we need Get Msg button be getting messages only for this server, not all authenticated accounts.
- But then that makes this feature being really used only when either Local Folders or none is selected.
- Shall we be getting messages for all accounts, if the pref is turned 'on'..?
4. Context Menu option & behavior
- Today in the folder pane when any item is selected, a right click on the mouse gives a context menu. This menu
- contains the item 'Get Messages for Account' as needed. Behavior we need to implement here should be same as case 3b
- mentioned above.
Please provide your feedback.
Thanks
bhuvan
