Option to exclude some folders

[PaysPlat]

Hello,
Can you add an option to exclude some folders in suggestions menu ?

My workcase is : I have many folders in hierarchy grouped by years, I would only have suggestions for current year folder and subfolders.
A simpler workaround could be exclude Archive folder.

Thank you in advance for taking into account my proposal.

[kewisch]

Yes, I think excluding the archive folder by default makes sense. An option for excluding more folders might work as well, but is a little more complicated.

[RealRaven2000]

To note, I also used an option to omit folders, which I connected to "advanced tab properties" and so it's not stored within folder properties. Per interest, where would you store it (@kewisch} ?
I was storing custom icon rules in the folder tree before but it wasn't always super stable; not quite sure how (or where) Thunderbird stores these internally.

[kewisch]

This would be in messenger.storage.local, as it is moving to a MailExtension

[PaysPlat]

To note, the QuickFolders Add-on also has an option to omit folders from its quickMove / quickJump functionality, if you like a look. It is tied to "advanced tab properties" and so it's not stored within folder properties. Per interest, where would you store it (@kewisch} ?
I was storing custom icon rules in the folder tree before but it wasn't always super stable; not quite sure how (or where) Thunderbird stores these internally.

Thank you for your suggestion @RealRaven2000. Without offense, I prefer QuickMove which fits exactly my needs in simplest way. And it is free :)

[tonycanike]

Yes, excluding the Archives folder would be a wonderful enhancement. I use Thunderbird's archive function ("A") with the yearly option. So for most of my active folders, I have 5 or 10 or even 23 copies of the folder within the Archives folder. (Archives/1998/Inbox, Archives/1999/Inbox, Archives/2000/Inbox,...Archives/2020/Inbox). All those folders get in the way when I'm trying to move a message.

Thanks!!

[PaysPlat]

Hi @tonycanike, this feature is essential for my usage, like yours.
I have implemented it on a fork and have submitted a pull request to @kewisch.
Waiting for it, you can get and use my version here https://github.com/PaysPlat/quickmove-extension/tree/feature/excludeArchives.

[dahjelle]

Another related use case: I have some personal mail accounts and some shared mail accounts. Most of the time this is not a problem, but if the shared box has a similar folder, I can accidentally file my personal mail into one of the shared folders. Allowing me to omit folders (or accounts!) would be a great solution!

[kewisch]

Exclude archives is implemented in the upcoming 2.6, excluding folders is not. Also though, the current account is always on top, so you'd more likely to move it into a folder within the same account. Leaving this open for being able to define a custom set of folders/accounts to exclude.

[dahjelle]

Also though, the current account is always on top, so you'd more likely to move it into a folder within the same account.

That hasn't been my experience. Am I missing something? The folders seem to appear in the same order that they do in the "All Folders" pane. Am I just on an older version? You mentioned upcoming 2.6, but Thunderbird is reporting that I have 2.0.1 from July 19 installed.

[kewisch]

Yes, 2.6 is not released yet, hope to do that in the next week. Working out some bugs. Testing in #88 greatly appreciated.