Closed Bug 177040 Opened 22 years ago Closed 19 years ago

[rfe] add pref for "auto fcc to current folder when replying to a message in a folder"

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Composition, enhancement)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Composition
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 301084

People

(Reporter: sspitzer, Assigned: sspitzer)

References

Details

[rfe] add pref for "auto fcc to current folder when replying to a message in a 
folder"

here's my motivation:

I've got all these filters set up.  When I reply, I frequently do filtered 
mail, I frequently do "Options | Send a Copy To | ..." and pick the current 
folder, to keep the whole thread together.

We could automate this with a pref, that when enabled, when I reply to mail 
(not in my inbox, although that would be the same as bcc self, right?), a copy 
of the message I'm sending would automatically go to the current folder.

some related questions and possible bugs:

1) should we change the UI and behavior of "send a copy to" be "send an 
additional copy to", and also fcc the sent folder (if the user has prefs for 
that)?  or change the UI to make it clear that if you do send copy to, it won't 
fcc the sent folder. (if your prefs are set for it.)

2) does "send a copy to" work if I do send later?
also, we could have a pref (or use the same pref) to auto fcc to the current 
folder if we hit the new mail button, while in a given folder.
taking all of varada's bugs.
Assignee: varada → sspitzer
Blocks: 11039
Is this a dup of bug 65113
*** Bug 65113 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Severity: normal → enhancement
OS: Windows 2000 → All
Hardware: PC → All
Eudora has this feature.  It's very useful.
So I take it the preferred behaviour is to fcc the normal fcc folder, *and* the
current folder? actually, it looks like Sent a Copy To works that way anyway. So
the pref would just auto-fcc the current folder, as long as it wasn't the
existing fcc folder? This would be pretty easy...
> So I take it the preferred behaviour is to fcc the normal fcc folder, *and* the
> current folder?

No, just the current folder. 
*** Bug 249050 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
see bug 249050 for suggestions for preferences for this feature, description of
how outlook does it, etc..
*** Bug 227515 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 236030 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: MailNews → Core
*** Bug 271538 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 290135 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I would prefere an option at the "copy and folders" tab in the account settings:
"Save Reply to original"

what can I do to get this feature in TB 1.1?
*** Bug 214304 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Is here someone who can give some feedback about implementation of this feature?
What's about implementing it in TB?
Do we have to donate to speed-up this? Just Say!
j-a-n@gmx.de: please don't spam bugs, either volunteer to work on it or find an
engineer and pay the engineer to work on it.
(In reply to comment #0)
> [rfe] add pref for "auto fcc to current folder when replying to a message in a 
> folder"
> 
> here's my motivation:
> 
> I've got all these filters set up.  When I reply, I frequently do filtered 
> mail, I frequently do "Options | Send a Copy To | ..." and pick the current 
> folder, to keep the whole thread together.
> 
> We could automate this with a pref, that when enabled, when I reply to mail 
> (not in my inbox, although that would be the same as bcc self, right?), a copy 
> of the message I'm sending would automatically go to the current folder.
> 
> some related questions and possible bugs:
> 
> 1) should we change the UI and behavior of "send a copy to" be "send an 
> additional copy to", and also fcc the sent folder (if the user has prefs for 
> that)?  or change the UI to make it clear that if you do send copy to, it won't 
> fcc the sent folder. (if your prefs are set for it.)
> 
> 2) does "send a copy to" work if I do send later?

A couple of comments:

1) Pine can associate fcc's to addressbook entries.
2) Also pine has a plethora of options, like

default-fcc
last-fcc-used
by-nick-then-recip

etc

although they don't have the one which seems the most useful

by-fcc-of-recip-then-nick-then.....
Work happened in bug 301084, resolving.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 301084 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Jens, this is a core bug, while 301084 is only TB.
Felix: it should have been changed to core, as the patch in fact affects tb and sm.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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