[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #5141: Generating queries for related mails in Mail
- From: "nielx" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:34:48 -0000
#5141: Generating queries for related mails in Mail
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: bga
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Mail | Version:
Keywords: | Blockedby:
Platform: All | Blocking:
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Old description:
> This ticket is the result of discussions on the
> [//www.freelists.org/post/haiku-development/Working-on-Haikus-Mail-
> app
> dev mailing list] and [//www.freelists.org/post/haiku-cdt/Mail-GUI-
> and-Queries-was-haikudevelopment-Re-Working-on-Haikus-Mail-app
> cdt mailing list].
>
> The idea behind this ticket is to integrate queries with the Mail
> application.[[BR]]
> Often when reading a mail, you're interested in all mails with the same
> subject (thread) or the same sender (or, when writing a mail, the same
> recipient). Sometimes it's also useful to limit the search to a certain
> timeframe (mostly when querying a very active sender).[[BR]]
> Creating a query for those is unnecessarily cumbersome. As the currently
> open mail already has all the needed info, launching a query (via Tracker
> scripting?) from within Mail makes sense.
>
> We already have a (non-working) Queries menu (ticket #1208) and could use
> an additional Queries toolbar button (which is not strictly necessary,
> but users relying on the toolbar would also want to access queries from
> there, I imagine).[[BR]]
> Another option is to also provide a context menu on header information,
> so a right-click on e.g. the sender would show the below discussed menu
> item (here: "Same Sender... >") in addition to other options, like "Copy
> to Clipboard", "Add New People File" (if it doesn't already exist) etc.
>
> == The queries menu ==
> {{{
> ____________
> |_Queries___|_____________
> | |
> | Same Subject... > |
> | Same Sender... > |
> | Same Mailing List... > |
> | Same Status... > |
> |------------------------|
> | All in Timeframe > |
> |------------------------|
> | { User Query 1 }... > |
> | { User Query 2 }... > |
> | { User Query 3 }... > |
> | { User Query 4 }... > |
> |------------------------|
> | Edit User Queries... |
> |________________________|
>
> }}}
> What exact queries will be provided remains to be discussed. "Same
> Mailing List" appears only if the To:-field and your Account:-field don't
> match - a sign of a mailing list. The menu also changes when writing a
> new mail: here "Same Sender" is replaced with "Same Recipient".
>
> Besides the default queries, you can add user queries which are any query
> you put in "~/config/settings/Mail/User Queries". Only the empty
> attribute fields of those queries are replaced with the corresponding
> values of the current mail. Filled in values will remain untouched.[[BR]]
> That way more complex queries can be used, like "Same Subject && Same
> Sender" or "Same Sender && Subject!="*[haiku-commits]*"".
>
> Every menu item has a submenu to optionally limit the query to a certain
> timeframe.[[BR]]
> You don't have to enter the submenu, if you just click on "Same
> Subject..." the query starts immediately showing all mail of that subject
> without timeframe limit. ("All in Timeframe" being the exception, of
> course...). This is similar to the "Open... >" menu in other apps, that
> provide a submenu with recent documents, but show the open file dialog
> when just clicking the menu item.
>
> == The timeframe submenu ==
> {{{
> ____________
> |_Queries___|_____________
> | ___|_______________
> | Same Subject... |_____Timeframe_____|
> | Same Sender... | |
> | Same Mailing List..| Since 4 hours > |
> | Same Status... | Today > |
> |--------------------| Since 3 days > |
> | All in Timeframe | Since 2 weeks > |
> |--------------------| Since 6 months > |
> | { User Query 1 }...|___________________|
> | { User Query 2 }... > |
> | { User Query 3 }... > |
> | { User Query 4 }... > |
> |------------------------|
> | Edit User Queries... |
> |________________________|
>
> }}}
> The timefame submenu of every menu item only provides Today and the units
> hours/days/weeks/months. The value is set in the next deeper submenu.
> These values are remembered for each menu item.
>
> I expect a user to mostly reuse the once set value as it's only meant to
> roughly limit the timeframe of his query results.
>
> == The value submenu ==
> {{{
> ____________
> |_Queries___|_____________
> | ___|_______________
> | Same Subject... |_____Timeframe_____|
> | Same Sender... | |
> | Same Mailing List..| Since 4 hours >_|_
> | Same Status... | Today | 1 |
> |--------------------| Since 3 days | 2 |
> | All in Timeframe | Since 2 weeks | 3 |
> |--------------------| Since 6 months | 4 |
> | { User Query 1 }...|________________| 5 |
> | { User Query 2 }... > | |_6_|
> | { User Query 3 }... > |
> | { User Query 4 }... > |
> |------------------------|
> | Edit User Queries... |
> |________________________|
>
> }}}
> Depending on the unit, more or fewer values should be provided.
>
> * hours: 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,12 (then you can switch to today)
> * days: 1,2,3,4,5,6 (then you can switch to week)
> * weeks: 1,2,3 (then you can switch to month)
> * months: 1,2,3,6,12 (then you'll skip the timeframe altogether)
>
> == Fuzzy Query ==
> Before the query string is generated, it should be "fuzzied". For
> example:
>
> If the from-field is "Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxxxxx>" the query
> should be for "Stephan Assmus" {{{||}}} "superstippi@xxxxxxxxx".[[BR]]
> If the subject is "[haiku-3rdparty-dev] Re: Capturing the "NTCH" message"
> it should be stripped to a significant part "Capturing the "NTCH"
> message". So, for example, everything in front of and including a "Re:"
> or "Fwd:" and other possibly localized abbreviations generated by some
> mail client, is replaced with a "*". [[BR]]
> Plus, any special characters that apparently happen to be inserted, have
> to be cleaned first.
New description:
This ticket is the result of discussions on the
[//www.freelists.org/post/haiku-development/Working-on-Haikus-Mail-
app dev mailing list] and [//www.freelists.org/post/haiku-cdt/Mail-
GUI-and-Queries-was-haikudevelopment-Re-Working-on-Haikus-Mail-app cdt
mailing list].
The idea behind this ticket is to integrate queries with the Mail
application.[[BR]]
Often when reading a mail, you're interested in all mails with the same
subject (thread) or the same sender (or, when writing a mail, the same
recipient). Sometimes it's also useful to limit the search to a certain
timeframe (mostly when querying a very active sender).[[BR]]
Creating a query for those is unnecessarily cumbersome. As the currently
open mail already has all the needed info, launching a query (via Tracker
scripting?) from within Mail makes sense.
We already have a (non-working) Queries menu (ticket #1208) and could use
an additional Queries toolbar button (which is not strictly necessary, but
users relying on the toolbar would also want to access queries from there,
I imagine).[[BR]]
Another option is to also provide a context menu on header information, so
a right-click on e.g. the sender would show the below discussed menu item
(here: "Same Sender... >") in addition to other options, like "Copy to
Clipboard", "Add New People File" (if it doesn't already exist) etc.
== The queries menu ==
{{{
____________
|_Queries___|_____________
| |
| Same Subject... > |
| Same Sender... > |
| Same Mailing List... > |
| Same Status... > |
|------------------------|
| All in Timeframe > |
|------------------------|
| { User Query 1 }... > |
| { User Query 2 }... > |
| { User Query 3 }... > |
| { User Query 4 }... > |
|------------------------|
| Edit User Queries... |
|________________________|
}}}
What exact queries will be provided remains to be discussed. "Same Mailing
List" appears only if the To:-field and your Account:-field don't match -
a sign of a mailing list. The menu also changes when writing a new mail:
here "Same Sender" is replaced with "Same Recipient".
Besides the default queries, you can add user queries which are any query
you put in "~/config/settings/Mail/User Queries". Only the empty attribute
fields of those queries are replaced with the corresponding values of the
current mail. Filled in values will remain untouched.[[BR]]
That way more complex queries can be used, like "Same Subject && Same
Sender" or "Same Sender && Subject!="*[haiku-commits]*"".
Every menu item has a submenu to optionally limit the query to a certain
timeframe.[[BR]]
You don't have to enter the submenu, if you just click on "Same
Subject..." the query starts immediately showing all mail of that subject
without timeframe limit. ("All in Timeframe" being the exception, of
course...). This is similar to the "Open... >" menu in other apps, that
provide a submenu with recent documents, but show the open file dialog
when just clicking the menu item.
== The timeframe submenu ==
{{{
____________
|_Queries___|_____________
| ___|_______________
| Same Subject... |_____Timeframe_____|
| Same Sender... | |
| Same Mailing List..| Since 4 hours > |
| Same Status... | Today > |
|--------------------| Since 3 days > |
| All in Timeframe | Since 2 weeks > |
|--------------------| Since 6 months > |
| { User Query 1 }...|___________________|
| { User Query 2 }... > |
| { User Query 3 }... > |
| { User Query 4 }... > |
|------------------------|
| Edit User Queries... |
|________________________|
}}}
The timefame submenu of every menu item only provides Today and the units
hours/days/weeks/months. The value is set in the next deeper submenu.
These values are remembered for each menu item.
I expect a user to mostly reuse the once set value as it's only meant to
roughly limit the timeframe of his query results.
== The value submenu ==
{{{
____________
|_Queries___|_____________
| ___|_______________
| Same Subject... |_____Timeframe_____|
| Same Sender... | |
| Same Mailing List..| Since 4 hours >_|_
| Same Status... | Today | 1 |
|--------------------| Since 3 days | 2 |
| All in Timeframe | Since 2 weeks | 3 |
|--------------------| Since 6 months | 4 |
| { User Query 1 }...|________________| 5 |
| { User Query 2 }... > | |_6_|
| { User Query 3 }... > |
| { User Query 4 }... > |
|------------------------|
| Edit User Queries... |
|________________________|
}}}
Depending on the unit, more or fewer values should be provided.
* hours: 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,12 (then you can switch to today)
* days: 1,2,3,4,5,6 (then you can switch to week)
* weeks: 1,2,3 (then you can switch to month)
* months: 1,2,3,6,12 (then you'll skip the timeframe altogether)
== Fuzzy Query ==
Before the query string is generated, it should be "fuzzied". For example:
If the from-field is "Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxxxxx>" the query
should be for "Stephan Assmus" {{{||}}} "superstippi@xxxxxxxxx".[[BR]]
If the subject is "[haiku-3rdparty-dev] Re: Capturing the "NTCH" message"
it should be stripped to a significant part "Capturing the "NTCH"
message". So, for example, everything in front of and including a "Re:" or
"Fwd:" and other possibly localized abbreviations generated by some mail
client, is replaced with a "*". [[BR]]
Plus, any special characters that apparently happen to be inserted, have
to be cleaned first.
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Comment(by nielx):
Fix links in description. Note: there cannot be newlines between the
brackets [].
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