771891 - Support customizable notifications based on sender

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Johannes Pfrang [:johnp]]

Support selecting a sender-based notification in the properties of a contact like it's in the Options->General-Tab. Probably also so that you can specify a custom notification for whole address lists.
With such a feature it's easier to distinguish between important, instant must-read e-mails and those you can read later.

Alternatively I could think of a customizable (sound) notification when a message filter finds sth but that would probably be another enhancement report.

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Can you try to expand all the ideas you have for that ?

Comment 2

[Johannes Pfrang [:johnp]]

Attachment: general notification

General idea: Make this (see attachment) customizable based on sender (->contact properties) or address book list (->list properties).

1st:
Add a new tab to the contact properties with a similiar interface where you can select a custom notification for this contact only that overrides the default one.

2nd:
Make address list properties tabbed and add a new tab like above.

Obviously the more specific setting overrides the less specific one(s).

The 3rd idea I thought about was adding a notification when a message filter "filters sth". But as this is done after downloading(?) and therefore after the normal new-message-notification it doesn't really make sense because there would be two notifications then.

Comment 3

[quadronom]

I wonder why this wish never got any traction.
The notifications are basically useless as they are right now, since it is an all-in or all-out situation.
All other mail clients are doing it much better, automatically categorizing your emails. I don't need a "call to action" for every junk mail I get.