Re: UI enhancements
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 11:10:54AM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
> Granted, it's still way, way better than trying to do it with Outlook,
> which some of my coworkers do. I don't have any idea how they manage
> it. ;)
Actually, what you've described is one of the cases where Outlook is really
useful, and I wish mutt had something similar.
Basically, Outlook gives you the ability to "flag" a message, with something
like 8 different colours. You then set up a virtual (search) folder which
matches messages - say, blue flags only - potentially along with various
other criteria (say, mail received in the last week).
Bingo - it's nice and easy to process mail quickly, flagging some for later
attention. I use this facility quite heavily.
Unfortunately, mutt doesn't have the virtual folders, and it only has one
flag. Off the top of my head, I think it should be *possible* to extend mutt
to support virtual folders, but I don't see anyone doing the work in the
near future...
--
Paul