[Feature] Select which folders to include

[foudfou]

[Feature] Select which folders to include

[foudfou]

Hi, I knew this request would pop up sooner or later. Nevertheless, this is a tough job, as it means re-implementing the folder pane in the pref window, or try to extend it (as extra-folder-columns does), and try to keep the preferences in sync with folders, and tune the message counting...
Honestly, I don't anticipate working on it soon. But I keep the request in the to-do list, because I agree that this feature is important.

Until then, a possible dirty workaround for an IMAP account could be to isolate mailing lists' folders by:

• setting up a "DoNotCount" account which:
  • is basically the same IMAP account
  • is subscribed to the mailing lists' folders
  • is not included in the FireTray count
• unsubscribing the original account from the mailing list folders

[Cybso]

I solved this by utilizing the favorite folder flag. I've created a patch (see pull request #45) that let's you choose whether to count all mails or only those in favorite folders.

[vimftw]

Thank you very much. This can more or less also be considered as a fix for issue #44.

[foudfou]

Firetray now provides a only favorite folders option which should do the trick: only favorite folders are counted in.
It would be nice if you could test it and provide feedback. I'll close this issue, but feel free to re-open it if necessary.

As explained in #45, it should be possible to replace the favorite folders trick by a proper firetray include item in folder's context menu. We can try to look into that later if needed.