[WIP] Download email/folder, using .eml format - Community#325
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An option is available in the reply drop-down called "Download Email", clicking this will prompt the user for the output directory
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A few changes: - Right clicking on a folder (excluding Drafts, Unread, Starred) gives an option to "Export the %@ folder" - In order to get this to work I needed to add the property/reference to the existing DB column `remoteFolderId` - Sanitise regex utilities for paths - Downloading a single email now has it's name sanitised to stop saving errors (i.e slashes, colons, etc.) - Prettier/lint changes (for best practices) **Issues:** - Needs translations - long running process ties up mailsync - need to deprioritise tasks or have a `Action.queueBackgroundTask` option
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Hey hey - this looks great! I think you're right that mailsync needs a mechanism for background tasks, and we likely need just one background task to represent the "export folder" operation so that it's easy to cancel + attach progress. I'm a bit worried that queueing tons and tons of individual tasks might cause problems. I like the idea of adding a "priority" value to tasks and then sorting by priority when mailsync retrieves a task to run. Maybe something like that would work? |
YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😂 And I agree, there wouldn't be an easy way of cancelling these tasks - if the user decided to
That was my other choice and that would definitely work. PS: sorry if there's any shoddy code. Full discretion, I have almost no experience with React and Electron 😁 |
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Work towards Export/Copy/Backup Emails
This pull request is the first (hopefully of many 😁) towards
.emlsupport.This PR provides:
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Approval for the image, or leave it as is (no image) - if you want the image, how do I add it (linking it doesn't work)
Can I have thoughts on sub-folders? Do we just recurse over them and create the subdirectories by default, maybe have an extra option to say "Export just this folder"?
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The issue: I started to export almost 1500 emails, then clicked on one, it was only after all 1500 downloaded that the email was rendered.
Possible solution: I need to be able to deprioritise a task, when it's sent to mailsync, or have a new action, something like
Action.queueBackgroundTasks. Either way, this would sit these tasks at the sideline while the other (more important) tasks come through.