On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Bret Busby wrote: > Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:37:40 +0800 (WST) > From: Bret Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [sqwebmail] SQWebmail feature request > > > Hello. > > I do not know whether SQWebmail is still being revised or further > developed, but in case it is, I have a suggestion/request, that may > improve efficiency of use of the application. > > On the Mail Filters screen, the options for manipulating the filters, > include Up, Down, Edit, Delete, and Add. > > The Up and Down buttons, move the highlighted filter up or down, one > position at a time, so that, if a person has five filters that are to be > applied as the last filters, and, creates an extra twelve filters, to > bubble all of the last five filters down to the bottom of the list, > requires 60 transactions. As this is done manually, it can take a bit of > time, to create new filters, and put them in the appropriate places, > with most of the time spent in the positioning. > > I have just counted, and I have about 323 filters altogether (mostly to > deal with spam, and, most of which (and, also most future additions), > could be replaced by a single filter, if it could be created - I know > what I think the filter needs to be, but I think it would be difficult > to implement, and it could not be created using SQWebMail as it exists). > To bubble a new filter up to the top of the list, would probably take > about an hour or so. > > My suggestion/request, is for two extra option buttons to be added to > the Mail Filters screen; one being "Top", or, "Move to Top", to move the > highlighted filter to the top of the list, the other being "Bottom", or, > "Move to Bottom", to move the highlighted filter to the bottom of the > list. > > This would change an hour-long job, of creating and positioning filters, > into a job taking just a few minutes. > > So, if there is anyone there, who maintains and revises SQWebMail, > please consider this request/suggestion. > > Thank you in anticipation. > >
In response to the above, I got an off-list response, that suggested instead that it may be better, instead of having the "Top" and Bottom" buttons that I suggested, to have something like Up<xxx> and Down<xxx> options, to move a particular filter up or down, by xxx positions. There are two things that come out of this. The first, is that it may be a better idea than my suggestion, to replace the "Up" and "Down" buttons that exist, with Up<xxx> and Down<xxx> options, which could solve the problem. Could this please be done? The second thing, is that I did not see any response, that would suggest or indicate that SQWebMail is being maintained or revised. Could someone please advise as to whether SQWebMail is being maintained or revised? Also, another feature request, if SQWebMail is being maintained or revised; could we please have, with the filters, the criteria, or "Condition" options, selectable by checkboxes, rather than radio buttons, so as to allow combinations for the criteria, instead of a single criterion, or "Condition" being the limit for a filter? This would allow much more effective filtering. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................
