[sylpheed:31146] Re: special folder usage difficulties on IMAP

[Hiroyuki Yamamoto]

Hello,

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:48:55 +0200
Rumi Szabolcs <rumi_ml at rtfm.hu> wrote:

> 1.) By default, only Trash has been created automatically (by
> Sylpheed?) on the IMAP4 account (INBOX.Trash that is), so I had to
> create INBOX.Sent and INBOX.Drafts by hand.
> 
> 2.) By default the Trash folder which was apparently created
> automatically has not been set automatically to be used to put
> deleted messages into (as in Account preferences -> Advanced tab)

It should not be required, because the Trash folder will be
automatically used when deleting messages in the IMAP4 account.

> 3.) Then (by hand) I've set (in the Account preferences -> Advanced
> tab) the IMAP4-hosted INBOX.Trash, INBOX.Drafts, INBOX.Sent folders
> as the ones to store deleted, draft, and sent messages, respectively.
> After that, they were not recognized as specially designated folders,
> which means no special icon for them in the folder tree and no special
> functions within the context menu. I had to do a "Rebuild folder tree"
> on the IMAP4 account to get them recognised as specially designated
> folders, which is non-trivial in my opinion.

It can be done by hand with 'Type' settings in the folder property
(in right-click menu of folders). You can choose arbitrary folders as
special folders.

Advanced - Folder settings are basically not required unless you want
to put messages across mailboxes (toplevel folders).

> My proposals:
> 
> - If Trash gets created by Sylpheed, why doesn't it create Sent and
> Drafts, maybe Outbox on an IMAP4 account? Maybe the user could get
> questioned to create and designate these special folders
> automatically when the account gets created, or when he checks the
> checkboxes on the Advanced tab to put them into folders. Maybe he
> also could get asked for naming those folders in his own language
> instead of english by using an editable box where he can replace
> "Sent" or "Drafts" with an arbitrary name.
> 
> - I think either should Sylpheed do a folder tree rebuild
> automatically when changes occur on the Advanced tab Folders area, or
> at least warn the user to do it after he has made changes because
> it's non trivial why the newly created and designated folders do not
> work as intended.

I agree that the current specification is not convenient, and the
special folders (Sent, Drafts, Queue) should be created automatically.

-- 
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y at kcn.ne.jp>