[Alpine-info] feature request: new command "maybe"

[John A. Kunze]

Cool.  I'll give it a whirl.

Thanks,

-John

--- On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:

>> I'd love to have a keystroke to invoke a command that does the following. 

>> Not sure what to call it -- for now it's the "maybe" command.  It would

>>

>>    1.  Mark a message with a new flag: "maybe"

>>    2.  Advance to the next message, similar in this regard to "delete"

>>    3.  Upon exiting, those messages are saved in a "maybe" folder

>> 

>> What I find is that there's a small amount of my constantly overflowing 

>> inbox that (a) I know I need to save and (b) I know I can delete now.

>> 

>> But the vast majority of my inbox is stuff that I _might_ need, and that 

>> I'd like to be able to dig out of one big bucket (not lots of little 

>> folders managed by lots of rules) on an as-needed basis.  An important 

>> property of this "maybe" bucket is that I can chop off stuff older than a 

>> couple years without looking anything but the timestamp.

>> 

>> This would address a very important use case for me, which is that I 

>> currently end up saving huge amounts of mail that is a mixture of important 

>> things I knew I wanted to save and a very large amount of things that 

>> turned out to be very unimportant, but I didn't know that at the time of 

>> saving.

>> 

>> What I do know at the time of saving/flagging is whether thing is (a) 

>> important, (b) trash, or (c) maybe.  Because it's a common use case for me 

>> (anyone else?), it would be great to have single keystroke for it.

>

> It doesn't get it down to a single keystroke (rather, two) but the following 

> seems pretty close to what you want:

>

> 1. Create an IMAP keyword called "maybe":

>

> In your INBOX (presumably): * <ctrl+t> a

> * = flag

> ^T = to details

> a = add keyword

>

> 2. That allows you to flag things with two keys: * m

>

> * = flag

> m = keyword initial

>

> (make the name start with something easier to type, if you prefer -- *m spans 

> four rows and a pinkie for me -- maybe "zzz" or "undecided")

>

>

> 3. Create a filter

>

> Create it: M S R F A

> M = main menu

> S = setup

> R = rules

> F = filters

> A = add

>

> Nickname: "maybe" cleaner

> Comment: moves things to the "maybe" folder

>

> Current Folder Type =

> (choose either INBOX or 'Email' or 'Any')

>

> Keyword pattern = maybe

>

> Under: ACTIONS BEGIN HERE

>

> Filter Action =

> (*) Move

>    Folder List = maybe

>

> Clear These Keywords = maybe

>

> Then, things that you mark as maybe will be moved whenever filters are 

> processed (which, IIRC, depends on your settings, but happens at a minimum 

> when you open and close a folder)

>

> -- 

> Best,

> Ben

>