Hello Allie & all fellow TBUDL members,
Sunday, January 09, 2000, 11:27:08 AM, Allie wrote:
AM> To keep the messages from one particular individual or group
AM> together.
AM> It's easier for me to browse messages in one folder instead of
AM> opening four different folders in four different accounts from the
AM> same people or group.
Exactly. On reading the rest I see we're talking the same language.
This is what I've been saying and could be accomplished through the
use of an accounts column.
DH
AM> There are two ways to do this. Use filters to get the mail to this
AM> central loaction and then filter them again to their intended
AM> permanent locations manually after reading the messages ..... or
AM> use virtual folders. :)
>>> However, I think the concept of virtual folders would be
>>> beneficial without breaking the present TB! paradigm.
>> Which is personalities and does break the paradigm of TB!. Why
>> people want to mungle everything together is utterly beyond me.
AM> I fail to see how virtual folders equal personalities. Please tell
AM> educate me.
AM> AFAIK, personalities are names given to the same account, making
AM> one able to use entirely different configuration settings for each
AM> personality. At least this is how it's implemented in Pegasus.
AM> There would be no such ability with virtual folders. You would
AM> still have separate accounts with messages stored elsewhere. You
AM> would not be able to assign multiple pop servers to the same
AM> account.
AM> A good analog of what I'm talking about is the search facility.
AM> You may search across accounts using TB!'s search facility. The
AM> matching messages are displayed *together*. Although they are
AM> displayed together, they have not been moved. You hit reply to one
AM> and it uses the settings of the account and folder in which it
AM> really resides.
AM> Virtual folders will give you the ability to display messages in
AM> this way but in a lasting fashion.
AM> I would love if I could display all new, unread messages, to all
AM> folders except those to TBUDL and other mailing lists using one
AM> virtual folder. I could then manage them in a central location
AM> although they have already been filtered to their intended
AM> locations. This is a desire I have even with my main account which
AM> uses one e-mail address. To simulate this, I created a temporary
AM> holding folder and then apply read or replied message filters to
AM> the messages that are filtered to this folder. I have to filter
AM> the messages twice. All this could be done using a virtual folder
AM> who's simple parameters would be to display new messages in
AM> folders a, b, c, d.... in may main account etc. This is not the
AM> same as personalities.
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