[Users] Mark ALL as read?

[Thomas Taylor]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:11:36 +0200
Ricardo Mones <ricardo at mones.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:16:42PM +0200, Holger Berndt wrote:
> > On Mi, 23.07.2014 18:17, Andrej Kacian wrote:
> > 
> > >> Thanks for your response, Andrej.  I already use that shortcut (shift-c)
> > >> BUT it only works on the folder you are in, not the entire mailbox.  I'm
> > >> looking for a way to mark the entire Mailbox (MH) AND ALL sub-folders at
> > >> once.
> > >
> > >I do not think Claws Mail allows you to do that. On the other hand, I
> > >continue to be amazed what miracles Python plugin can do, perhaps it can
> > >be scripted.
> > 
> > Yes, it can be done with the Python plugin. In fact, a little extension
> > of this functionality is even shipped as an example script:
> > http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/plugins/python/examples/main/Recusively-mark-messages-as-read;hb=HEAD
> > 
> > This script puts a further constraint on the messages to be marked as
> > read: They must be older than 28 days. If that is not wanted, just
> > remove all the lines mentioning "quicksearch".
> > 
> > This version of the script considers everything below the currently
> > selected folder or mailbox. Letting it behave differently (i.e. always
> > consider the whole mailbox of the selected folder, or consider all
> > mailboxes irrespective of the selected folder/mailbox) would require
> > minor adjustments.
> 
>   Since this is not the first time this appears I've turned it into a FAQ:
> 
> http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Interface#How_do_I_mark_all_messages_as_read_in_all_folders_of_a_mailbox.3F
> 
>   Please proofread and fix any error I may have introduced.
> 
>   best regards,

Hi Ricardo,
The "Tools" in my CM (3.10.0) doesn't display a Python Scripts" sub-menu.  Does
that have to be compiled in during install/upgrade?

Thanks, Tom

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