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Thomas Fernandez [TF] wrote:'
>> This system would be easier than the current one, only in so far as
>> updating or changing the filter is concerned, wouldn't it? You still
>> have to go to each account and add it, the same as copy and pasting
>> in the current system.
TF> No it isn't. If I add any filter string, for example an email address
TF> or a key word, I won't have to go to all accounts. I would update only
TF> at one place. That's the point.
Yes, I know but:
My point is that every time someone asks how to make all message
list columns look the same, we have to start off by saying, 'I'm
afraid that you'll have to first go through all folders you wish to
have the same setting and toggle on the switch 'Use account default
column settings' ....' The user with a lot of folders is never
really pleased to hear this, even though they don't have to do it
again.
With your model, for each filter, I'd have to go to each account I
wish to add it and then place the filter etc. Not much different
from the current method of initial setup. I know that subsequent
modification of the filter would be made easier.
A 'paste-linked' (name just invented <g>) option would do what you
want. In this way the pasted filter copy would be linked to the
original and vice/versa. Modifying one filter would then modify the
other. A flag of sorts could be used to indicate that a particular
filter is linked to a copy in other accounts.
TF> Please explain how this should work. Let's say under Options I have
TF> a menu item "Global filters", and I create a filter there. What
TF> would it do?
It would be applied to all accounts. It could be set to be applied
before or after all other filters have been run.
I just created a filter that I wanted global. I created one that
would move messages containing a particular string to a particular
common folder. I want it run on all accounts. I had to copy it to
each accounts incoming filter set. It would have been nice to just
create the filter as a global one and that's it. No having to open
other accounts and adding it.
TF> Could I except accounts from this filter or from all global filters,
TF> like I can with "check all"?
Yes, this would be necessary. However, I dislike the concept of
still having to go to each account and inserting what's supposed to
be a global filter. It's not really global then .. more common.
>> If you need anything other than this, then go the currently
>> implemented method of copying and pasting the filter to the accounts
>> which you wish the filter to be applied.
TF> This is what I am doing, and it is troublesome to have to add the
TF> same address as an alternative filter string to several filters
TF> across various accounts.
Exactly. It's not nice having to do it when it isn't necessary.
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