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Make it easy to move notes to favorite folders
I have an extensive system of nested Lotus Notes folders. When I'm finished with a note in my inbox, I want to move it to the appropriate folder. Scrolling through the list of folders (even with many of rht enstings closed is a pain.
At any given time there are maybe 8 or 10 foldes getting most of my traffic. I want to make it quick to file notes in those 8 or 10 'hot' folders without disturbing the folder hierarchy. (For example, renaming the hot folders to force them to appear together in the list wouldn't be acceptable.)
Examples of things that might work include having a 'favorite folders' list that would pop up on a right click or other trigger; customized toolbar buttons for the hot folders; shotcut keys (e.g. CTRL-0 through CTRL-9) to send to specified folders; folder shortcuts that could appear in different positions in the folder hierarchy; ....
The only requirements are that the solution be fast to use and easy to implement/administer. Thanks for any help you can offer.
At any given time there are maybe 8 or 10 foldes getting most of my traffic. I want to make it quick to file notes in those 8 or 10 'hot' folders without disturbing the folder hierarchy. (For example, renaming the hot folders to force them to appear together in the list wouldn't be acceptable.)
Examples of things that might work include having a 'favorite folders' list that would pop up on a right click or other trigger; customized toolbar buttons for the hot folders; shotcut keys (e.g. CTRL-0 through CTRL-9) to send to specified folders; folder shortcuts that could appear in different positions in the folder hierarchy; ....
The only requirements are that the solution be fast to use and easy to implement/administer. Thanks for any help you can offer.
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I don't know how to program Lotus notes macros, so I couldn't do this from scratch. If someone could supply suitable code, that would be great.
Dragging the most-used folders to the top of the list won't work for me, since as I said in the question I don't want to disturb the folder hierarchy.
Dragging the most-used folders to the top of the list won't work for me, since as I said in the question I don't want to disturb the folder hierarchy.
Based on info from a previous question, the folders are only moved temporarily, and when you next restart the client, the folders are back where they were.
Obviously, you should test this o your version of Notes using a temp folder.
I hope this helps !
Obviously, you should test this o your version of Notes using a temp folder.
I hope this helps !
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I tried it out of curiosity: the folder did not go back to its original position when I restarted notes.
Then I do not see any easy solution for this.
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Thanks... looks promising. I've now installed it; it will be a little while before I know how good its guesses are.
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If you want your mail to be classified automatically, you don't need a third party software, you can simply use the rules of your mailbox. In your mailbox, on the left panel (under inbox), go in "Tools>Rules". Now use the button "New rule" to create new ones.
Specify action "move to folder"
Specify action "move to folder"
Request wasn't for automatic filing, it was to make a quicker way of dropping messages manually insto the most-used folders. Rules won't help for that.
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Two useful solutions, so I'm increasing the points
Temp options are to drg the most used folders to the top of your list for easy access.
I hope this helps !