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Ideally a user would have the ability to add a real file system folder (and all of its subfolders) to the folder view. Then when they "move" a message into one of these folders, Thunderbird would simply create a new (or append to an existing) file that would contain the message. For example a user may add a new folder under the folder view and point it to say "C:\Projects". Then when they receive an email related to a given project they can simply drill down to "Projects\ProjectNumber" and drag the message from their InBox into that folder. | Ideally a user would have the ability to add a real file system folder (and all of its subfolders) to the folder view. Then when they "move" a message into one of these folders, Thunderbird would simply create a new (or append to an existing) file that would contain the message. For example a user may add a new folder under the folder view and point it to say "C:\Projects". Then when they receive an email related to a given project they can simply drill down to "Projects\ProjectNumber" and drag the message from their InBox into that folder. | ||
The idea can also be extended to saved searches / smart folders. Search folders (or regular folders for that matter) could have a "sync to local folder" option. Once set, any emails added to that folder would be automatically copied or moved to the specified file system folder. The sync process could also work in reverse. Thunderbird could poll the specified folders to see if any emails have been added through the file system. | |||
The main work of implementing this feature would likely happen when a user tries to "view" an email file using a file manager (e.g. Explorer). What would need to happen is that when they click on an email file Thunderbird would have to start up and load this file for them to view. Since in this case Thunderbird would not be able to assume that a given email file is a part of the current users "folder tree", there would probably need to be some type of "file viewer" mode created in Thunderbird. However this isn't much different than what Thunderbird does now when a user restores their email from backup. | The main work of implementing this feature would likely happen when a user tries to "view" an email file using a file manager (e.g. Explorer). What would need to happen is that when they click on an email file Thunderbird would have to start up and load this file for them to view. Since in this case Thunderbird would not be able to assume that a given email file is a part of the current users "folder tree", there would probably need to be some type of "file viewer" mode created in Thunderbird. However this isn't much different than what Thunderbird does now when a user restores their email from backup. | ||