thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Option to pre-download images for particular folders.

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type: enhancement
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Kotlin
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Description

Problem you are trying to solve

I have some folders that I want to be available for offline use but the content contains critical pictures. For example:

  • Tickets and Passes
  • Comics

It would be nice if some folders could be fully available offline, including any remote content.

Note that a similar issue exists for attachments.

Suggested solution

Provide a per-folder option to pre-download images upon fetching the message. This should probably take 3 possible configurations:

  • Fetch images for all messages.
  • Fetch images for messages from contacts.
  • Don't pre-fetch images.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how folders fetch messages and how attachment offline handling works, since the issue identifies those as the related area. Define where a per-folder image-fetch preference belongs and verify that each of the three configurations produces the expected offline availability for remote images.

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Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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