Make it easy to use multiple e-mail accounts about mailpile

[nepda]

That would be great! Please let us know.
Great Project btw!

Thunderbird and Alpine can do this if working examples are needed.

[nospoftombl]

That would be very useful, I second this!

[craftyjon]

The UI should automatically select the identity based on the received mail when replying or forwarding. Gmail has had this functionality for a while, not sure about other clients. For example, I don't want to accidentally reply from identity B when I receive mail to identity A.

Bonus points for extra intelligence in this scenario:

• Suppose I have multiple identities A and B setup in the UI. I have selected A as the primary identity.
• Then, when I compose a new message to a new (unknown) recipient, identity A should appear in the From field.
• Suppose I always (or usually) receive mail to identity B from address X
• Then, when I compose a new message and put address X in the To, CC, or BCC field, the UI should automatically select identity B for the From field. At the point where the decision is made to switch from A to B, the From field should be highlighted somehow so that I notice that the software has automatically changed it.

[trans]

I'd be happy just to make it easy to switch between identities and see only mail for that identity. Mixing emails from multiple email accounts into one inbox seems like trouble.

[craftyjon]

@trans I feel the opposite way, just for perspective... I use my email client as a communications hub and very much want to see multiple accounts/identities in the same view. I use different identities for personal, work, and specialized (for example technical support contact) communications, but don't want to have three or four different inboxes to keep track of.

[malexmave]

@craftyjon @trans Well, if other clients can do both, Mailpile should be able to do both as well. Being able to switch between them on demand is probably the most important thing in this context.

[samglover]

Just adding my 2 cents. What I love about Thunderbird/Postbox is that I can drag emails from one account to the other. People are always sending personal message to my work address, and I like to be able to drag them to the correct account.

[GRMrGecko]

Apple mail has a inbox folder which has the inbox for all accounts, and then if you expand it, you can see all accounts under it and go to each one individually. Maybe have something like that in Mailpile? Note: I have 24 mail accounts:P

[bnvk]

Hi everyone, I'm punting this conversation over to "Ideas - Multi User" milestone!

[tildelowengrimm]

I'd definitely like the option to have Mailpile display multiple distinct accounts in one "mailbox" without revealing the accounts to each other.

This feature is definitely a must, I vote for it too.

[arnisoph]

+1

Please implement this feature!

[coandco]

I'll add my vote here. Having multiple inboxes with unread counts visible at a glance is a primary use case for me. Right now I accomplish this with Thunderbird + VNC, but being able to do it via a web-based interface would be much nicer when I'm on the go.

[BjarniRunar]

Mailpile does this, via Profiles. Multiple sources is handled by the automatic tag creation and structure. This most certainly all needs to be improved over time, but the basics are in place. Closing, please feel free to open individual issues about points of friction, bugs etc.