380325 - Map custom notification sounds to folders / filters

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 224573

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Kelv]

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Feature request - this may well be daft and unworkable but I have an idea for mapping specific mail delivery notification sounds to individual folders or filter rules. You could then tell who the message was from just by the sound you've associated.

To counter messages with conflicting sounds arriving in the same mail fetch attempt there could be an option to play the newest, or give each folder / filter an importance level and play the most important folder / filter sound.

I can see this perhaps being handy if you're nearby but not at your desk and are waiting on that all important message from someone specific but also get a lot of list e-mail, or perhaps you're receiving order e-mails from an e-commerce website and want the orders folder associated with a 'New order' fanfare, but don't want staff running over for non orders at every new mail chime.

Reproducible: Always