1036263 - add the ability to "tag" bugmail based on the bug's properties in a way which gmail can filter

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: Extensions, defect)

Description

[:glob ✱]

in order to provide bugmail filtering capabilities in a way which gmail can match against i want to explore what we can do to bridge the gap.

i think it would be possible to build a simplified zimbra-like filtering system into bugzilla which results in email being "tagged" in a way which gmail can filter upon.

tagging could be achieved by subaddressing the recipient, altering the subject, or injection of text into the body (subaddressing seems to be the easiest).

Comment 1

[cmtalbert]

What do you mean by subaddressing the recipient? I feel like I'm missing some context here, but perhaps I'm the only one.

Comment 2

[:glob ✱]

(In reply to Clint Talbert ( :ctalbert ) from comment #1)
> What do you mean by subaddressing the recipient?

ah, sorry i wasn't very verbose in my initial description.  this bug is a placeholder for further discussion and will be fleshed out over time (likely during the first week of august).

subaddressing means using the + character within your email address.
eg. [e-mail] and [e-mail] will both be delivered to the same mailbox.


if this pans out to be viable, i picture this working something along the lines of:

1. in bugzilla, set up a filter:
       product : firefox
     component : developer tools
     email tag : fx_devtools

this will change the recipient of matching bugmail from [e-mail] to [e-mail]

2. in gamil, add a filter:
          to : [e-mail]
      action : categorise / whatever :)

Comment 3

[cmtalbert]

Oh ok, and this wouldn't create a new user named [e-mail]?  When I first heard about this, I thought you were proposing to create users for each of these addresses, which would then make the username autocomplete fields in bugzilla useless. I'd type in "glob" and I'd see a bunch of addresses, and be unsure which one the real one is (if I'm an inexperienced user).

But if this doesn't create users, then I think it could be a pretty savvy way of getting around the issue.

Comment 4

[:glob ✱]

(In reply to Clint Talbert ( :ctalbert ) from comment #3)
> Oh ok, and this wouldn't create a new user named [e-mail]? 
> I'd type in "glob" and I'd see a bunch of addresses, and be unsure which one the real one is

this would change the delivery address of the email only; it wouldn't involve creation of any users.

Comment 5

[:glob ✱]

we don't need this.