On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:10:25 +0200
"Ricardo Mones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, queue is not another folder, is a special folder and mails
> landing there have special headers to allow further processing. AFAIK,
> pretending it to behave like other folders goes against its
> purpose/design...
(thanks for the long reply, there's no time to address each point
today, but here's one comment anyway...)
I don't know about the 'queue' folder's intended purpose, but its
external design (the user interface) shows it as a regular folder, which
(incorrectly?) tends to suggest that it is one. If 'queue' is not a
regular folder, then it seems like an interface bug that it should
appear to be a regular folder.
I'm curious how other mail clients behave in this regard. BTS readers,
(if anybody's reading this), what clients have you tried, and how did
the queuing work? (Which is not to say that 'sylpheed' should
necessarily emulate other programs, my intent is more: "when in doubt,
review and test what you know".)
For the record, my experience is limited... I used Pegasus (Windows
freeware) for years, and it had folders where the user could do
anything -- but no 'queue' folder visible. Instead it had a 'File>Open
saved message...' which opened a "Draft Manager" window, which was in
effect a concealed 'queue' folder.
Firing Pegasus v4.21c in 'wine', I notice in Pegasus's "Draft Manager"
that a message could have one of at least 3 mutually exclusive states:
Draft message
Autosave
Ready to send
...and the user can 'open', 'send now', 'copy' and 'delete' these.
HTH...
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