On 02/03/16 10:19, Andrew McGlashan via luv-main wrote:
Odd, does the behaviour of the "Del" key change in this instance? If not, why not just use that?
I use DEL and CTRL DEL when I can discard the message based on subject. The remaining messages are previewed to make a decision on them. Using the mouse allows me to perform other actions - like scroll the text with the mouse wheel or click a link and move focus to the other monitor to interact with the page I just opened.
I've found that the global index is best turned off completely (unless you have a small email count, then it becomes less useful anyway). But the quick filter works very well (<ctrl><shift>k) -- I usually have it filter by "Sender", "Recipient" and "Subject", leaving "Body" off deliberately. In most cases, I can find messages and conversations quickly and easily by one of the three filters that remains. Sometimes I turn those off selectively, but usually they are always on.
I use these but they don't seem quick - I will look into turning off the global index.
I don't use tags, I sometimes "star" messages, but that's all I do to make it stand out.
I use stars to keep things at the top of the list and tags to highlight things
- Plugins
I am sure there is a (valid) comeback that there "is a plugin for that already" or "write your own" [you flatter me :-] but I would like to think that the core of an email client should cover off: Agreed, but some plugins are very useful and the ones that I prefer, well, let me know if you want me to elaborate.
Thanks for the list/reply Cheers P
Plugins.... okay, the most useful I find are these:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/close-tab-on-esc/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/display-mail-user-agent/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/enigmail/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/hide-local-folders/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mailredirect/?src=search (<ctrl>b for the win, bounces emails, can bcc yourself if needed)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/resetrec/ (great for when "ID10TS" want to cc loads of unrelated people)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/show-address-only/ (increases awareness of spam emails based on real addresses used)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/sortpref/ (allows me to sort ALL folders on ID easily, date doesn't always suit for search, nor other collumns)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/threadkey/ (t for thread, u for unthread .. works great, but if I want to open a bunch of emails in thread view, I select them first, then unthread them, then open them so I get them in the right order)
btw I would prefer <ctrl><shift>A to open the add-ons in TB as it does in Firefox.
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