[MlMt] Limiting Mailbox Scope to Current Account

[Dave Smith]

Dave Smith, PE
@devunwired
On Apr 17, 2016 1:13 PM, "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb at cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> Really?  The standard iOS mail client lets you -- when you select 'Move'
and
> get the folder list, there's a button labeled 'Accounts' in the upper
left.
> Select one, and then the folder within it.

I don't use iOS, so perhaps that statement was a bit far reaching ;)

>
> That's probably a better approach than a global option, since by default
it
> scope-limits the move but it's easy to override -- and know which account
> you're moving to -- as necessary.
>

Agreed. I like maintaining the hierarchy. It helps make those options more
clear.

>
> On 17 Apr 2016, at 11:57, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Honestly, I was shocked to discover it was even possible, for messages to
>> be moved to another email account. Never seen a client with that ability
on
>> any platform.
>>
>> Dave Smith, PE
>> @devunwired
>> On Apr 17, 2016 9:55 AM, "Karl Erik Jessen" <karl.erik at jessens.org>
wrote:
>>
>>> +1 for the ability to restrict moving messages to only inside account
>>>
>>> FWIW:
>>> In mailclients for iOS it seems to be the normal behavior only to move
>>> messages *inside* accounts. I have tried between 5 or 10 and never seen
>>>
>>> the possibility to move messages between accounts.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Karl Erik Jessen
>>> Farum DK
>>>
>>> On 16 Apr 2016, at 14:36, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
>>>
>>> On 14 Apr 2016, at 23:14, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> I have four email accounts set up in MailMate (all Gmail), and many of
>>> them contain labels with the same or similar names. I've noticed that
when
>>> I use the Move to Mailbox… feature, it allows me to move an email
message
>>> to *ANY* mailbox/label…even if that label is in a different account. I
>>>
>>> find this confusing and I'm constantly adding messages to the wrong
place.
>>> Is there a way to limit the scope of this feature to only allow
messages to
>>> be moved into mailboxes associated with that account source?
>>>
>>> There's no way to do that, but it does make a lot of sense. Maybe even
as
>>> default behavior (and an option to change it). I'll note it. Thanks.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Benny
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