Re: [Evolution] Changing subject lines of received emails - my changed email subject
Reid Thompson wrote: > On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 23:15 +0100, andy wrote: >> Is there someway that I (it'll be me doing the tweaking) can set >> Evolution up so that someone can edit the subject line of an email >> they have received so that it can be stored in the inbox (wherever) >> with the newly edited subject line? > > The short answer is "No". This kind of request comes up relatively > regularly, in different contexts (some people want to edit subject > lines, some people want to delete large attachments, etc.) > > The reasons given by the Evo developers for not allowing this are > twofold, as I understand it: first, just a general unhappiness that > allowing email you receive to be edited is "not right". Second, and > more importantly IMO, is that Evo supports a large number of mail > backends (POP, IMAP, Exchange/OWA, etc.) and most of those backends have > no facility for allowing this. In fact, the only one where it would be > possible AFAIK is the local copy (typically POP or local mail spools). > > Personally I would love to see this made available for those backends > where it's possible, but the Evo developers would prefer to not support > it (or, at least, they don't have the energy/time to work on it) if it > can't be supported in most if not all backends. > > > As a refugee from Emacs VM, which was hugely capable in many ways, I do > miss the ability to delete attachments since it regularly happens that > someone sends me a gigantic attachment of a core file or similar which > is completely useless to me, but I do want to preserve the message > (containing the backtrace for example). > > However, so far this hasn't risen to the level of "can't live without" > for me, at least. > > > Anyway. Maybe she would have better luck with Evolution's email label > feature? I've not used it myself but it sounds like something she could > make use of. The only problem is if she wants to have lots and lots of > them created and deleted relatively quickly it might be a problem. > Evo's interface to mail labels is not very "quick and easy". It's more > geared to "set up a bunch of static labels and reuse them". > ___ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > How about the following ... Edit as new Modify subject save as draft use draft copy as 'key' email setup filter that can be run on Drafts folder to move 'key' email back to inbox, or setup a filter to move/copy ALL pertinent emails from Inbox/Drafts to a designated folder ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Changing subject lines of received emails - my changed email subject
On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 19:41 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote: > Reid Thompson wrote: [...] > > Anyway. Maybe she would have better luck with Evolution's email label > > feature? I've not used it myself but it sounds like something she could > > make use of. The only problem is if she wants to have lots and lots of > > them created and deleted relatively quickly it might be a problem. > > Evo's interface to mail labels is not very "quick and easy". It's more > > geared to "set up a bunch of static labels and reuse them". > > ___ > > Evolution-list mailing list > > Evolution-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > > How about the following ... > Edit as new > Modify subject > save as draft > use draft copy as 'key' email > setup filter that can be run on Drafts folder to move 'key' email back to > inbox, > or setup a filter to move/copy ALL pertinent emails from Inbox/Drafts to a > designated folder Alternatively, set up virtual folders to classify the messages. This won't change the Subject of course, but would help group related mails together, and you could use the folder name as a hint. Not sure how this would scale since it's still fairly manual. poc ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Changing subject lines of received emails - my changed email subject
On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 19:41 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote: > How about the following ... > Edit as new > Modify subject > save as draft > use draft copy as 'key' email > setup filter that can be run on Drafts folder to move 'key' email back to > inbox, > or setup a filter to move/copy ALL pertinent emails from Inbox/Drafts to a > designated folder Actually, you can configure the account to save Drafts in the Inbox, so it appears that no filter would be required, just Edit as New Message and then Save Draft. ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Changing subject lines of received emails - my changed email subject
> > > > Anyway. Maybe she would have better luck with Evolution's email label > > > feature? I've not used it myself but it sounds like something she could > > > make use of. The only problem is if she wants to have lots and lots of > > > them created and deleted relatively quickly it might be a problem. > > > Evo's interface to mail labels is not very "quick and easy". It's more > > > geared to "set up a bunch of static labels and reuse them". > > > ___ > > > Evolution-list mailing list > > > Evolution-list@gnome.org > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > > > > How about the following ... > > Edit as new > > Modify subject > > save as draft > > use draft copy as 'key' email > > setup filter that can be run on Drafts folder to move 'key' email back to > > inbox, > > or setup a filter to move/copy ALL pertinent emails from Inbox/Drafts to a > > designated folder > > Alternatively, set up virtual folders to classify the messages. This > won't change the Subject of course, but would help group related mails > together, and you could use the folder name as a hint. Not sure how this > would scale since it's still fairly manual. > Or what about 'redirect'ing the mail to yourself i.e. Message -> Forward As -> Redirect Then fill in your own address as the To: and change the subject line to whatever you want. This will cause a new message to be created (which is the only way of doing what you want), but will retain the rest of the email intact. This would also be a way of dealing with removing attachments. Pete ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Changing subject lines of received emails - my changed email subject
On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 12:20 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > Or what about 'redirect'ing the mail to yourself i.e. > > Message -> Forward As -> Redirect > > Then fill in your own address as the To: and change the subject line to > whatever you want. This will cause a new message to be created (which > is the only way of doing what you want), but will retain the rest of the > email intact. > > This would also be a way of dealing with removing attachments. > > Pete Edit as New Message, Save Draft does create a 'new' message -- it's essentially a copy with modifications. The Message-id is changed i.e. the message id from your email Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Edit as New Message, Save Draft the message id from the Draft Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and placing both emails in the same folder with threading on, lists the draft as a thread child to your email ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Changing subject lines of received emails - my changed email subject
Reid Thompson wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 12:20 +, Pete Biggs wrote: Or what about 'redirect'ing the mail to yourself i.e. Message -> Forward As -> Redirect Then fill in your own address as the To: and change the subject line to whatever you want. This will cause a new message to be created (which is the only way of doing what you want), but will retain the rest of the email intact. This would also be a way of dealing with removing attachments. Pete Edit as New Message, Save Draft does create a 'new' message -- it's essentially a copy with modifications. The Message-id is changed i.e. the message id from your email Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Edit as New Message, Save Draft the message id from the Draft Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and placing both emails in the same folder with threading on, lists the draft as a thread child to your email ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list Dear Paul, Reid, Patrick & Pete First off, thank you very much for all of your replies and suggestions. Those are all very much appreciated and there are a number of pretty decent workarounds contained therein. My wife has seemingly stumbled on a fix that she feels comfortable with which is a variation of something already suggested: she will merely forward these emails to herself with the subject line she wants that will be meaningful to her and delete the original. It's a bit of a pain, but I will monitor some of those emails and see if there is some way that I can (semi-)automate this process - e.g. when an email from Companies House arrives, set a rule to forward it to her email address and so it will pop-up waiting for a new subject line. Once again, thank you so much from both of us! You're a good crowd. All the best Andy -- "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow" ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
