277558 - RFE: offline folder, opposite of online folder. don't download my spam folder.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Backend, enhancement)

Description

[Bryce Mozilla Nesbitt]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910

I have a 'spam' folder which my ISP supports.  I would like to mark this folder
as 'offline', so Mozilla does not attempt to download the messages until I click
on them.  Of course, 99.999% of these messages I will never click on.

I imagine this feature to be the opposite of 'online':
         [] Select this folder for offline use.
         [] Download only headers until a message is clicked on.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Bryce Mozilla Nesbitt]

Those of us who occsionally use slow connections (WiFi or, god forbid, dialup)
would sure like to leave our spam out of downloads.

Comment 3

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

Does this problem still happen on current builds?

If it does, please update the "Version" field and add "helpwanted" keyword (without the quotes).

If it doesn't, please resolve WORKSFORME.

Comment 4

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

No reply to comment #3 after three weeks -- resolving INCOMPLETE.

I don't use IMAP myself. If you do, and you see this bug on a current build, please REOPEN and paste the user-agent string of that build (as copied from the bottom line of the about: page, after "Build Identifier") into your comment.