[chandler-users] Is chandler usable as an email client?

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Rustom,

I agree, a way to keep Chandler collections and IMAP folders in sync  
would be ideal, either through the application of rules in Chandler  
or by actually mapping collections to IMAP folders. I've logged a bug  
to track this: https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11938

Mimi

On Feb 28, 2008, at 12:19 AM, genelkullanim wrote:

> I had tried Mimi`s method. It works well within the boundaries.
>
> Here are my comments regarding the method
>
> -You need to synch your email client to run the filters-rules to  
> move the messages to right folders first
> -Chandler only creates those folders on the imap server not in  
> Chandler. I think it would be beneficial to have those exact  
> folders inside Chandler in mid term as well (assuming that we will  
> get more streamlined approach)
> -There is no automated way to tag those emails , you need to get  
> into Chandler to do that one more time after posting your note to  
> email server.So that means you need 2 steps to do it right
>
> But basic idea works and has great potential.
>
> I hope these are worth considering (obvious) comments
>
> thanks
>
>
>
>
>
> Mimi Yin wrote:
>> Hi Rustom,
>>
>> You can also take a look at the discussion I had with Kursad for  
>> more details about how to get emails into Chandler via special  
>> IMAP folders: http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler- 
>> users/2008-February/001363.html
>>
>> Mimi
>>
>> On Feb 27, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Sheila Mooney wrote:
>>
>>> Rustom,
>>>
>>> Thanks for trying out Chandler. The brief answer to your question  
>>> is "no".
>>>
>>> The longer answer...
>>>
>>> Chandler as is, is not designed or optimized for use as a  
>>> standalone email client. As you mentioned, it not only doesn't  
>>> have many of the email features of a client like Outlook but it  
>>> doesn't have the infrastructure to handle the large inboxes that  
>>> people deal with today. There is a config setting you can change  
>>> to download your entire inbox but there is nothing in the UI. I  
>>> will let a developer reply with the specific details but it's  
>>> certainly not very usable and might not even work depending on  
>>> the size of your inbox. It's a "use at your own risk feature".
>>>
>>> The email support we do have is really meant to support the  
>>> calendar and task management features of the application. For  
>>> example, I might want to send tasks and events to others. We use  
>>> special email headers to receive email sent from other Chandlers  
>>> clients so that they can pass around events and tasks and  
>>> collaborate on other items. We also support the ability to allow  
>>> users to pull in some emails via special folders we create on the  
>>> imap server. The idea is that you are pulling in messages that  
>>> will turn into events, tasks etc. It's a onetime import and we  
>>> don't sync back to the imap server.
>>>
>>> We realize the UI as we have it now is a bit misleading and  
>>> confusing to users since they can't immediately tell what email  
>>> functionality we do have and how it should be used. We are trying  
>>> to address this in the next release.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Sheila
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 27, 2008, at 8:04 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Chandler-users
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded Chandler and wanted to use it as an email client  
>>>> [Yes I know its not a full blown one like Outlook -- never mind]  
>>>> but now it tells me that it cannot receive mails from anything  
>>>> thats not Chandler!!
>>>>
>>>> What does this mean?!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rustom
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> chandler-users mailing list
>>>> chandler-users at osafoundation.org
>>>> http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> chandler-users mailing list
>>> chandler-users at osafoundation.org
>>> http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> chandler-users mailing list
>> chandler-users at osafoundation.org
>> http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> chandler-users mailing list
> chandler-users at osafoundation.org
> http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users