Bug 191102

Summary: request: exclusion from new mail totals
Product: [Unmaintained] kmail Reporter: Paul Bransford <draeath>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: wishlist CC: bjoern, draeath, jjm
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.11.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Paul Bransford 2009-04-30 03:13:23 UTC 
Version:           1.11.2 (using 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.28-11-generic

It doesn't appear there is a way to exclude a folder from counting in the 'unread messages' total (which is used on the system tray icon, for instance).

This makes this feature less useful, in that server-side folders such as drafts and spam can cause a new-mail "false positive".

As it is, the only way I can meaningfully establish that I have new mail to read, is to open kmail up.

I suggest adding a checkbox to the folder properties dialogue to ignore the folder's new message count.
Comment 1 Jonathan Marten 2009-04-30 13:38:17 UTC 
Does not the folder properties option "Act on new/unread mail in this folder" (in the "General" tab) do this?
Comment 2 Björn Ruberg 2010-02-24 02:11:42 UTC 
In case your problem is just the false positvies, the feature indeed exists and works for me.