I love the idea! I hope it gets the attention it deserves post-1.0.
Seth Spitzer wrote:
> I've got two active mail accounts and I've been thinking a lot about
> virtual folders, specifically a virtual Inbox. It would be great if all
> my incoming mail was viewable from one folder. (There are existing
> bugzilla bugs for a virtual folders.)
>
> That got me thinking about a purely virtual view of mail and news.
>
> Instead of:
>
> server 1
> folders
> server 2
> folders
> ...
> server n
> folders
>
> It would be:
>
> Incoming Mail (virtual Inbox) [defaults to everything?]
> Today
> Yesterday
> Last Week
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Incoming News (virtual news) [defaults to only unread news items]
> recently read
> recently posts
> just n.p.m.mail-news
> just n.p.m.xpcom
> Sent Mail (virtual Sent) [defaults to today?]
> Today
> Yesterday
> Last Week
> from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Recently Deleted Mail (virtual Trash)
> Recent In Progress mail (virtual Drafts)
> Recently Unsent Mail (virtual Unsent Messages)
> Recently Filed Mail (virtual everything else)
> Last Week
> Folders recently accessed
> Everything
> [under here, the current folder structure]
>
> Basically, merge the idea of browser history (by date, by domain) with
> mail.
>
> You wouldn't be able to file into any of the virtual folders, but you'd
> be able to delete, move or copy out of them.
>
> The folders would be populated by searches. If you click on "Incoming
> Mail / Yesterday", it's a search of your inboxes.
> We'd probably have to come up with some tricks to make this faster, but
> you get the idea.
>
> This is big time "blue sky". I'm focusing on my 0.9.9 bug list,
> addressbook issues and addressbook performance. But I thought I'd
> throw this out there.
>
> -Seth
>
