Dear Bhuvan,
I agree on most of all points, Hoew do you mean "working"?
pls keep me posted on [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Thanks tariq.
bhuvan wrote:
> 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
