We're discussing implementing this. It currently only gets messages for
the selected account.
Scott
uctariq wrote:
> Dear Scott,
> Where can you see this preferences?
> Or is it something you guys are making, because i am using 4 accounts
> and would like to check all the account at one click!
> Thanks,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Tariq
>
> Scott Putterman wrote:
>
>> The pref would be to set the default value of the Get Msg button with
>> menu items to do the other option. The two options I see are:
>>
>> 1. Get Msgs for selected account
>> 2. Get Msgs for all logged into accounts including selected account
>> (even if you aren't logged into that account in which case you'd get
>> prompted for your password).
>>
>> I think it's important to have both of these options. Though I have
>> to admit that I do like your 3rd suggestion of getting messages for a
>> random account.
>>
>>
>> Scott
>> Matthew Thomas wrote:
>>
>>> bhuvan wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...
>>>> 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..
>>>> ...
>>>> 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".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why? What would the alternative be? `Get messages for a random
>>> selection
>>> of accounts'?
>>>
>>>> 2. 'Get Msg' button visibility
>>>> a. When do we want to show this button and when to hide.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The button should always be visible, just not necessarily enabled.
>>>
>>>> I think we should display it in all cases except when we select a
>>>> news server (note: not newsgroup).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It should be enabled when a news server is selected. In that case, it
>>> would update the message counts for every group on that server, just as
>>> expanding the server's twisty does.
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That's a poor choice of terminology. The intuitive meaning of
>>> `authenticated accounts' is those which require a password -- that is,
>>> all of them.
>>>
>>>> It will be appropriate to get messages only for authenticated
>>>> accounts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why? The fact that I don't trust the rest of my family not to check my
>>> e-mail (and therefore don't ask for Mozilla to remember the password),
>>> shouldn't mean that I have to go around checking all my mail accounts
>>> individually. A single click of the `Get Messages' button should check
>>> all my accounts. (In the unlikely event that I just want to check an
>>> individual account, I should be able to do that from a `Get Messages'
>>> submenu in the `File' menu.)
>>>
>>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Until I understand what the pref is for, I can't comment on the rest of
>>> your questions.
>>>
>>
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