[MlMt] Also awesome: counters

[Dave C]

Zvi,
Would you please show us the filter you used for delayed send messages 
in your Drafts folder?

Or just attach the plist?

Thanks,
Dave

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> Hi Mailmates,
>
> Since some of you have been sharing neat tidbits, I thought I'd share 
> one of my favorites: customizable counters.
>
> Each mailbox can have a "Displayed Count" next to it, showing by 
> default: All, Unread, Flagged, Unreplied, and Recent. However, the 
> counters can be configured with pretty much anything. For example, I 
> have a counter called "Outgoing" which lists messages that are about 
> to be sent (I use time delay, so this shows me what messages are 
> waiting to be sent). I use it on the "Drafts" mailbox. This is a small 
> thing, but neat and quite useful for those using delay, without 
> needing an independent smart mailbox.
>
> As far as I can tell, you can take a set of conditions from any smart 
> mailbox and create a counter. Open Mailboxes.plist and copy out the 
> "filter" associated with the smart mailbox. Create countMenu.plist in 
> ~/Library/Application Support/Mailmate/Resources, following this 
> format :
>
> {
> 	counts = (
> 		{ key = "outgoing"; title = "Outgoing"; filter = "#relay exists"; },
> 	);
> }
>
> Insert your own filter after "filter = " and there you go. Off the top 
> of my head, the 'trick' can be used to show some important subset of 
> the Inbox, messages with important keywords, etc.
>
> Thanks for a great app, Benny.
>
> Zvi