Better support for moving emails between IMAP folders
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@jon thank you
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@jumpsq Agreed. Some of my (old) gripes listed above apparently have been taken care of in the meantime.
Still there is room for improvement- drag and drop move message to folder
- drag and drop moving of folders
- the context menu to move a message to a folder is nigh impossible to use for lack of a hierarchical presentation of the folder structure
- if the context menu to move a message to a folder would have a search entry field including type-ahead, then the former issue would become irrelevant
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@jumpsq said in A plea for enhanced imap folder support:
What exactly is search box?
I think @S_Paternotte is talking about a search box to search through the available folders.
@S_Paternotte you may be interested in this feature request of mine for advanced label management from April 2021 which focuses on labels but probablz works just as well for folders. Slightly edited quote:
Assume you have lots and lots of
labelsfolders and want to add one to an email. Then theAdd Labelmove to folder button needs a search function with find as you type, and a list of 'recently usedlabelsfolders' that I canadd/removepick just clicking things -
@S_Paternotte said in A plea for enhanced imap folder support:
drag and drop move message to folder
Soon
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@gmg
I randomly stumbled upon here, but noticed that I said the drag and drop was coming soon.Well, it's been out for some time now (since 6.0)
You can drag and drop between folders.
You can also drag mails to change some state or property.
For example, dragging to unread/archived/trash/spam or dragging to a label or flag to apply those elements. -
thank you @gmg
Are the following functions on the radar as well?- context menu "move message to folder" including search field
- create/move/remove folder
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@LonM why woud you modedit the title of a thread 10 months after its initial posting?
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@S_Paternotte Every now and then mods need to go through and check the status of feature requests. Sometimes it may make a feature request easier for people to find, or explain it more clearly, to update the title. Hopefully this makes sense.
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@S_Paternotte
You can already create/delete a folder and move messages to folderTo create a folder
- right click on the root folder of the account
- Select "Create Folder"
To delete a folder from server
- Right click on the folder
- Select "Delete Folder"
Additionally: If you'd just like to hide the folder and not receive mail notifications for certain folders you can simply:
- Right click on the folder
- Select "Unsubscribe"
Context menu "move messages to folder" is also available (but not the search field there)...
- Just select some mails and pick "Move"
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Thank you for pointing this out, @gmg
Coming from a long history of IMAP folders organized in quite a rich structure, I hope there's room for further improvement/enhancement:
- RMB any folder and select "Create folder" in order to easily create a subfolder at any level
The context menu "move messages to folder" is not workable as the complete hierarchy of folders and subfolders is displayed as a flattened list.
... companies.alpha companies.beta companies.beta2 ... software.adobe ... software.vivaldi ...
In my case this flattenend list is simply huge and nigh impossible to scroll down.
Suggestions re. moving of messages:
- Display the folders structure in a hierarchical manner, i.e. get rid of the flattened list
- Add a search entry field at the top of the "move to" folder structure in order to assist easy discovery of the desired (sub) folder
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While waiting for "Create folder" at any point in the IMAP folders structure, I've just discovered an easy way to add a subfolder using the existing "Create folder" function.
- "Create folder" is limited to creating a folder at the top level
- Use "Create folder: Companies.Alpha" with a dot to create a subfolder "Alpha" within the existing top level folder "Companies"
- E PRESTO!
Edit: updated screenshot for English version