Anyone using the default (TB) approach /Archive/YYYY-MM will eventually meet the problem of having too many folders and a slow service. The alternative, for the user, is to write their own filters. From the server side, it would be useful if dovecot would filter certain e-mails automatically. For example, it could move any e-mail from "dovecot@dovecot.org" into /Lists/dovecot@dovecot_org/.
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Tanstaafl <'tansta...@libertytrek.org'> wrote: On 11/22/2016 10:35 AM, @lbutlr <krem...@kreme.com> wrote: > On Nov 22, 2016, at 7:48 AM, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: >> I'm trying for the life of me to see a use case for anywhere close to >> 1,000 folders, and am failing. That would be a major problem just from >> the human side. How do you find anything? > I can see it, though I think it’s excessive. > > List Mail > Dovecot > 2011-06 > 2011-07 > 2011-08 <snip> Like I said, I simply don't see it. There is simply zero reason to split things up like this. It is trivial to limit your view to just what you want with filters or just plain sorting (by date in this case). Just not enough bang for the buck. Again, this is jut my opinion, if this makes someone else feel better/more organized or whatever, obviously they are free to have as many folders as they want.
