87107 - "Get all new messages" in news server context menu

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement)

Description

[Tim Recher]

When right-clicking on a news server name in the 3-pane window, it would be nice
to get a "get all new messages" option in the context menu.  This option would
check for new messages in all newsgroups.  Currently it seems the only way to do
this is to collapse and then reopen the tree display for that server's newsgroups.

Comment 1

[Ninoschka Baca]

If you right click onto a newsgroup you should see a "Get Messages for Account" 
option which should get new news messages. You are right that this option does 
not exist for the news server level. This matches the 3Pane Mail Menus 
Specification 
(http://mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/threepane/MailMenus.html#standalone). 

I like your suggestion. It would be helpful when you have alot of newsgroups.

Comment 2

[James Green]

Dunno whether this exists or not, but there should also be a "Get All New
Headers" in all groups item, too.

Comment 3

[jglick]

This is asking for a feature which would get all new messages for each separate 
newsgroup associated with a particular News Server?  That correct?

I thought we did not get new Newsgroup messages until that particular newsgroup 
was selected?  The reason being it would very time consuming to get all new 
messages for each separate Newsgroup associated with a particular News Server.

Comment 4

[Tim Recher]

Apologies for spamming, but I just wanted to address jglick@netscape's comment.
 What I'm asking for is a context menu item which basically does the same thing
as closing and then reopening the current news server twisty.  (Or opening the
twisty of an already closed news server.)  I don't believe that it's introducing
lossy behavior into mailnews, but rather just offering a more convenient and
intuitive way of accessing existing functionality.

Comment 5

[Sheela Ravindran]

*** Bug 111170 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Olga]

I changed QA contact from nbaca to olgam.

Comment 7

[Arkady Belousov]

*** Bug 359354 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Jens Hatlak (:InvisibleSmiley)]

Attachment: proposed patch [Checkin: Comment 11]

The backend function GetFolderMessages() in mailWindowOverlay.js, invoked through MsgGetMessage(), is already capable of this, it just needs to be activated. Since canGetMessages is only used for this context menu item all we have to do is adapt it.

Comment 9

[Karsten Düsterloh]

Comment on attachment 402164 [details] [diff] [review]
proposed patch
[Checkin: Comment 11]

Nice!

Comment 10

[Jens Hatlak (:InvisibleSmiley)]

Comment on attachment 402164 [details] [diff] [review]
proposed patch
[Checkin: Comment 11]

Simple patch, eases updating a complete news server.

Comment 11

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Comment on attachment 402164 [details] [diff] [review]
proposed patch
[Checkin: Comment 11]


http://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/dc6e9214c56b