[Bug 151393] New: POP filter to automatically leave some messages till last

[Thomas McGuire]

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           Summary: POP filter to automatically leave some messages till
                    last
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: filtering
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: chris-kde chrisjensen info


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

Hi,
I have a problem on my link that sometimes the connection to my POP server seems to fail at about 90% of download. Not  a big deal, unless a family member has sent me some massive forward, in which case all other messages get stuck behind it.

I realise I can get around this with a POP filter that leaves large messages till later - but it then requires manual intervention to fetch those later (in the form of the confirm dialogue).

It would be great if I could create a filter that handles this automatically without intervention.
The way I imagine this would work is to have a fourth option for the POP filter which would be - download message last.
If a message matches this filter, KMail does not initially download that message - once all other messages have been downloaded, then KMail fetches those that have been marked for later.

In this way I can read all the important mail, and it doesn't matter how many times KMail has to retry to retrieve the dozen photo's of cute pupies that one of my relatives has forwarded to me.

Cheers for an otherwise great mail client.