[KMail] More folders than just "Local folders"

[Kishore]

On Sunday 08 Mar 2009 10:51:20 pm Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Sunday 08 March 2009 16:43:44 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > Kishore wrote:
> > > On Sunday 08 Mar 2009 8:00:37 am Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > >> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > >> >> [...]
> > >> >> Like in Thunderbird, where I have top-level folders for every
> > >> >> email account, each with its own group of "Inbox, Drafts, Trash,
> > >> >> etc" sub-folders.
> > >> >
> > >> > When you create a new Receiving account, you get a new top-level
> > >> > item automatically.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have 4 top-level items, reflecting my 3 ("disconnected") IMAP
> > >> > accounts and local Maildir.
> > >>
> > >> Doesn't seem to work here when I create a new POP3 account. It just
> > >> goes to "inbox" of Local Folders.
> > >
> > > It only does that for [D]IMAP accounts AFAIK. See
> > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97205
> >
> > I see.  So it's not possible :P  I replied and voted on that bug report.
>
> I know you're not the only one to have asked about this, but I don't
> understand why it's a big deal.  You can have folders for
> Inbox
>   NoOneAccount
>     SentMail
>     Drafts
>     Trash
>   NoTwoAccount
>     SentMail
>     Drafts
>     Trash
>  and so on
>
> the filter incoming mail using 'Anywhere in headers' on the appropriate
> email address.
>
> I assume you use different identities for each account, and each identity
> can be set to use its own Drafts, Trash and SentMail folder.  Isn't that
> what you want?

Its not quite the same... I'll try and explain it differently... The way it is 
now, all mail is stored under ~/Mail (or elsewhere...) and i have to accounts. 
One GMail and one OfficeMail. If i had them as ~/GMail and ~/OfficeMail, i would 
do regular backups of just ~/OfficeMail (GMail here saves copies on the server)

Another possible argument is that with IMAP it does provide multiple top level 
folders and for consistency sake it should do the same with POP. If this 
behavior is not what is wanted the old behavior could also be done with 
filters.

So essentially, i would say is good to have multiple top level folders... not 
just visually but also on the file system. It really makes backups easy and 
makes the distinction clearer.
-- 
Cheers!
Kishore
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