Re: Devin's effort

On 4/20/2015 2:32 PM, Joan Korenman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was thus very interested in your description of TB's "Virtual"
> folders, but while it sounds as if I could have it include all new
> messages regardless of which folder received them, the messages
> wouldn't be arranged by receiving folder, and might not even tell me
> at once which folder the message came from.  That wouldn't work for
> me.

You'd have to customize the columns, but sure, you could just add both
the 'Account' and 'Location' columns, and you'd see which messages came
from which account. You can also specify whatever criteria you want in.

Read a short description of them here:

http://email.about.com/od/mozillathunderbirdtips/qt/Organize_Mail_Flexibly_Using_Virtual_Folders_in_Thunderbird.htm

> Indeed, I have arranged for new messages to go into specific folders
> precisely because I want to know the context, where they are coming
> from. I know, for example, that if a new message is in folder G, I 
> should not simply hit reply unless I want my reply to go back to a
> listserv. I also wouldn't want that message to be followed by one 
> from, say, the Mulberry forum simply because it was the next to 
> arrive.

The 'Folder Account' Addon would probably be helpful here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/folder-account/

It sounds like you have acclimated to a very specific workflow within
Mulberry, and unless you are motivated to change, I'd say why bother?
But if you are, I'll wager you could config TB to an acceptable state,
if not give you exactly what you want.

> There are many other Mulberry features I value, including many I
> simply take for granted and don't think about, such as the folder
> colorization that Quanah mentioned,

Yeah, that sounds cool to be able to have folders change color
dynamically based on certain criteria - and to clarify - you can
customize the way this works? That will definitely be one of the
features I look at.

> and a Cabinet to specify which folders I want to save/synchronize in
> a separate program (Mailbag Assistant).  But a feature like a New
> Mail Cabinet is what I look for in each email client I consider, and
> the absence of such a feature has kept me happily using Mulberry.

I guess I need to read up more on what exactly a 'Cabinet is in Mulberry
nomenclature... <google google google>... ah, ok, so it is basically a
container to which you can add aliases to folders. Interesting...

Looks like the 'Folder Categories' Addon will do that quite nicely...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/folder-categories/

> Thanks very much for getting this thread started and for providing
> so much information about TB.

You're welcome, and contrary to what others seem to think, I am not
evangelizing for TB, but I got rubbed the wrong way by some FUD being
spread by some who apparently don't think much of it.