thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Add local mail filters

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type: enhancement
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Description

Allow various ways to match messages and allow triggering actions like moving, archiving or deleting a message.

This should be powerful enough to allow for something like #219.

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Research direction

Start by reading issue #219 and the existing mail-handling behavior in Thunderbird for Android to define the required filter use cases. The issue does not name files, tests, or an entry point; done would require agreed matching rules and actions such as moving, archiving, or deleting messages.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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