Bug 97349

Summary:	kmail sort filter rules
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Andreas Schallenberg <Andreas.Schallenberg>
Component:	filtering	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bjoern
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Andreas Schallenberg 2005-01-18 16:17:59 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.2)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

I've many KMail filter rules and would
like to have them sorted by filter name.
This would make finding the appropriate
rule for a contact much faster.
Currently its a time-consuming task
to maintain a special odering manually or
search a rule to modify without that ordering.

For example being able to select a subset
(maybe even just a simple range) of contacts
and have a right mouse button menu to
say "sort them by name".

Comment 1 Janet 2006-06-18 17:54:18 UTC

IMHO it is no wise idea to sort filter rules by name because it breaks the filter chain. I propose setting this wish to invalid and instead implement a quick search box (Bug 120240).

Comment 2 Andreas Schallenberg 2006-06-18 18:08:29 UTC

Some of the filter rules (at least mine) may be reordered
without any harm. E.g. all rules for friends of mine are
in one sequence, other sequences are for companies, mailing
lists and so on.

Since the amount of filter rules is increasing over time it
gets more complicated to have them all well-organized.

A quick search would help a bit but it wouldn't make the
task of maintaining them much easier.

Comment 3 Magnus Holmgren 2006-06-19 00:03:35 UTC

It might be wise to sort a subset of the rules, which could be made possible if multiple selection in the filter list were implemented, as per another wish (which I'm sure I've seen but can't seem to find now) regarding moving multiple rules up or down at the same time.

Comment 4 Thomas McGuire 2007-05-07 17:42:01 UTC

The bug for a quick search bar in the filter dialog is at bug 120240. IMHO this is the best solution.