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Author: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
Old-Topics: Re: [DNG] So what desktop do you use?
Subject: [DNG] Imap folders [Was So what desktop do you use?]
Le 22/09/2024 à 06:22, terryc a écrit :
> On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:06:48 -0400
> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 12:23:52PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote:
> .snip..
>>>     I'm on the other side. When developping software, I typically
>>> use one or two Emacs windows plus one terminal emulator on the same
>>> workspace, or only one Emacs, but a browser window, because I'm
>>> currently developping a web server. I usually dedicate a whole
>>> workspace to Thunderbird -- I have two email addresses and many
>>> subdirectories in each.
>> How do you manage to get your email to arrive in different
>> directories? Isthat a Thunderbird exclusive?
> Sub directriesof your mail folder?
> AFAIK, very common when you have your mail program apply filter
> and actions to your incoming mail.
> I run claws-mail and could not manage without this feature.
>
> The auto sorted mail includes;
>
> 12 software user lists I follow, like Devuan-user, saned-user lists
> and more. Relic from when employment involved supporting software.
>
> about 15 recreational lists I follow
>
> about 30 email news feed.
>
> and about 20 of 200+ supplier I auto sort receipts and tolerate 'spam'
> on sales/offers.


    Yes. It's exactly the kind of usage I do. I think the folders and
subfolders are meant for that.

    The mails from this list go to my folder Linux/Devuan. I also have
Linux/Debian/Debian-Powerpc, for example. These are on my professional
Imap service, which I'm still allowed to use though retired.

    I also have on the same server Linux/skaware, but, for some reason
this Imap server rejects the mails from that list; therefore I receive
them on my private Imap service and Thunderbird moves them to the folder
on the professional one.

    Something like 20y ago I used Imapfilter, with an associated Lua
program to do that job in the background, but this makes sense only when
you have access to some machine which is constantly running.

--     Didier