Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2912 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

On Tuesday 01 February 2005 10:33, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 February 2005 11:13 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > Hans,
> >
> > On Tuesday 01 February 2005 00:06, Hans du Plooy wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 01 February 2005 00:03, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
> > > > Maybe it's possible to respecify the location of the mail
> > > > folder (though I haven't unearthed that setting), but even if
> > > > it is, that's surely the long way 'round the barn.
> > >
> > > ln -s /extra/disc ~/Mail  by any chance?

I didn't write that. I only wrote to correct the name of "~/Mail" (in 
the post you're actually quoting, it was spelled "~/mail").


> If I were to do symlinking at all, it would probably be from a
> subfolder.  But I'm still not satisfied with that solution, for
> several reasons.  For instance, would Kmail get a bad case of
> indigestion if the symlink is to a read-only directory such as a CD? 
> More important, I'm looking for a way to *temporarily* connect to an
> archive folder and choose that folder dynamically.  Sure, I could
> create a symlink and later remove it, but as I said earlier, that's
> the long way 'round the barn.  It requires going outside of the
> mailer to do the necessary twiddles.   And it offends my sense of
> programming aesthetics.

Well, depending on what you usage patterns and aesthetic criteria, you 
do not necessarily need to go outside KMail, if you're willing to be a 
little creative.

KMail filters can invoke external filters, which are a hook to executing 
arbitrary programs.

KMail filters can be selectively placed into the Message -> Apply Filter 
menu and / or assigned to toolbar buttons.


So if the symlink trick itself works, you can probably come up with a 
way to get at it from within KMail.


> Paul


Randall Schulz