[Bug 192865] New: "waiting for the reply" feature

[Maciej Pilichowski]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192865

           Summary: "waiting for the reply" feature
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: bluedzins at wp.pl


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.2)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

This wish go further than simple notification of getting the mail of the
recipient.

I explain how I imagine this feature by example:
I write a mail to a friend and I would like to get an answer for that. Normally
my friend should be able to answer within 3 days. So I set "reminder" for the
reply for 5 days (safety). I send mail, and I can forget about it. If in 5 days
I get the reply, you won't tell a difference comparing to current KMail. 
But if I _don't_ KMail would notify me (how, it is another story) that I have
unanswered mail.

Several things could occur:
a) he didn't get my mail
b) I didn't get his
c) he forgot to answer
d) he get it by it landed in spam folder, and so on...

In my case it is usually (c) so it would help me coordinate the discussions.
But of course network traffic reliability here is also an issue.

Possible options:
* list of friends with "sticky" reminders (for this guy set reminder by default
to 2 days)
* the way of notifying user of unanswered mail -- internal mail (my preferred
choice) with important flag, or KDE notify system...

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