GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 713898
Create local-only folders
Last modified: 2017-05-23 16:56:04 UTC
---- Reported by geary-maint@gnome.bugs 2013-10-07 14:28:00 -0700 ---- Original Redmine bug id: 7602 Original URL: http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/7602 Searchable id: yorba-bug-7602 Original author: Javier Antonio Nisa Avila Original description: Hi! It would be good to have the ability to add labels to the various accounts. So you can make new file folders, and not to create them like this currently on the server. Create system to add tags. Related issues: related to geary - Feature #3768: Create/delete/rename folder (Open) related to geary - Feature #7613: Add Export utility (Open) related to geary - Feature #5985: Simple import utility to migrate mail from Evolution/Thun... (Open) ---- Additional Comments From geary-maint@gnome.bugs 2013-11-14 17:16:00 -0800 ---- ### History #### #1 Updated by Jim Nelson about 1 month ago * **Status** changed from _Open_ to _Need Information_ * **Assignee** deleted (<strike>_Jim Nelson_</strike>) I'm not sure I understand. What is being tagged or label? Are you asking for local-only folders? #### #2 Updated by Javier Antonio Nisa Avila about 1 month ago I mean both the ability to create folders locally, as also on the server. Currently from Geary can not create folders and that's nothing practical. #### #3 Updated by Jim Nelson about 1 month ago * **Subject** changed from _Possibility to add tags_ to _Create local-only folders_ * **Category** changed from _accounts_ to _client+engine_ * **Status** changed from _Need Information_ to _Open_ Ok, just wanted to be sure that's what you're asking. I've renamed this ticket to reflect that. I think we need to get create/rename/remove remote folders implemented first before we go this route. It would rather not have local-only folders at all, but will leave this ticket open in case others feel a need for them. #### #4 Updated by Javier Antonio Nisa Avila about 1 month ago Exactly that's the way that you indicate first and then the possibility of creating a local outside server to store and being able to empty the server and not saturate. Saving important emails or just store and have more server space. #### #5 Updated by Jim Nelson 7 days ago * **Target version** deleted (<strike>_0.5.0_</strike>) --- Bug imported by chaz@yorba.org 2013-11-21 20:24 UTC --- This bug was previously known as _bug_ 7602 at http://redmine.yorba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7602 Unknown version " in product geary. Setting version to "!unspecified". Unknown milestone "unknown in product geary. Setting to default milestone for this product, "---". Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one. Resolution set on an open status. Dropping resolution
As with some other local-only folder tickets, I'm closing this as I don't believe we'll ever go this route with Geary. Geary is intended to be a more network-aware application than older mail clients.
Just my two cents : I really think that local folder is a key feature if you want users to switch to Geary. In fact most of professional users for example have thousands and thousands mail from backup or like me simply because our server is not managing a large quantity of mail as our policy didn't allow that. So each year we backup all our sent mails into a local folder to be able to keep them as a reference and be able to search in. Importing from Thunderbird is as well a key point here.. I really think it would need to be reconsidering this one...
I second this request. I am in a situation where my mail server does not allow me to store all my emails. I therefore need to store the old ones locally in an archive. This is currently not possible in geary.
Hi all, I write on that topic because I highly appreciate Geary as email app and I need, as other users wrote before, the need to store emails locally. I will highly appreciate to use Geary as my primary app for emails in my gnome also during work time. Thank you for your work!