Kmail to mimic Gmail?

[William Hamra]

On 22/04/10 09:34, Donatas G. wrote:
> Has anybody tried to use Kmail in a way to mimic Gmail, so that the
> mails would be displayed in conversation mode (I mean, not just the
> mailing list threads, but also the regular sent/received mail?) Is
> this possible, and what are the drawbacks?
> 

can't say much about kmail specifically, i am a thunderbird user here,
but i can tell about gmail. you can set every folder to use threading.
this can be done in kmail's preferences. but what cant be achieved is
having the sent & received of same subject grouped together in same
thread UNLESS they both have same label, in which case both will be in
the folder of that label.

> I realize that when using labels with dimap every single message would
> be downloaded more than one time, am I right?
> 

yes, if a message has more than onelabel, it will be downloaded twice, a
copy for each *folder* as kmail will understand it. and no matter what
label, every message will have a copy in the "all mail" folder.

here is how i solve this, i read over a dozen tutorials, guides and tips
for have a successful IMAP setup for gmail. almost all were for
thunderbird, but the part i'll explain here can be achieved on kmail
with ease. though it will mean you have to change a bit of your emailing
habits, if you don't mind.
here, i ensure that every single email i'll receive can be labelled
something. if an email is totally random, and i have no idea what to
label it, i have a label called "various" for it. i have google labs
enabled in my gmail account, and in particular, the advanced IMAP
feature enabled. this gives me the option to choose, from within gmail's
web interface, which labels i want to make available for IMAP.
i choose to remove "All Mail" from the list, if every message has a
label, then every message must exist in at least 1 folder, there's no
need to download it a second time. messages that won't appear here are
message "archived" in "All Mail", and have no label, hence why the
previous reasons i mentioned above.
secondly, i create filters. a lot of filters for the various labels i
have. even though this can be kept simple, and you yourself move the
messages from inbox to their folder, but at the very least, have a
kubuntu label and filter, and everything else gets sent to "various".
additionally, since my connection is not very fast, messages with
attachments can be troublesome. so every message that has "FW:" in its
subject, and has an attachment, must be some big bulky forward message i
don't want and gets sent to "Forward", which is set to not be available
on IMAP. i check them every few weeks using the web interface.
hope this message is helpful to get you starting. i must remind you,
it's all about personality and personalization. some people like simple,
some people need complexity. some people don't mind the additional
messages, some people are crippled by bandwidth, it's all about YOU, and
YOU like things to be :)

-- 
Willy K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems
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