Closed Bug 1683769 Opened 4 years ago Closed 4 years ago

run filters recursively

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Filters, enhancement)

enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 201175

People

(Reporter: steve, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:83.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/83.0

Steps to reproduce:

Tools->Run Filters on Folder

Actual results:

Runs mail filters on the one selected folder.

Expected results:

I would like there to be an option to run the filters recursively, starting at the given folder, instead of one at a time. I categorize my folders, and so when I add filters, I would like, on occasion, to run those filters on many folders, not just one at a time. Running them one at a time takes up my time unnecessarily, when Thunderbird could do it when I request it, freeing me to do other things with my time.

There should be an option or separate menu entry to select recursive, or not, because recursive should not be the default, as it will take longer to execute than scanning a single folder.

Recursively where/what? Recursive as in "cover subfolders"? Recursive as in some random other folders on the same hierarchy level? Recursive as in "make filters call filters to run more filters triggered by filters"?

Flags: needinfo?(steve)
Component: Toolbars and Tabs → Filters

subfolders is covered in bug 201175

Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(steve)
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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