Feature request: ability to show the last 6 or more quickfilters to run

[avmaksimov]

In outlook it's calls Quick actions: I can create an action and after it I can create or may be create and send with some text a letter. Also I can select a letter and after pressing the button the letter will forwarded to another people.

So it be better if you could add it.

[RealRaven2000]

This seems like it doesn't really have much to do with creating automatic filters.

if you want to manually forward / reply with preset template (via a click) I highly recommend my Add-on SmartTemplates: https://addons.thunderbird.net/developers/addon/smarttemplate4/

You can add quick replies / forward / write template to the buttons:

You can also use filters to automatically reply / forward using Smart Templates, by using the Add-on FiltaQuilla: https://addons.thunderbird.net/developers/addon/filtaquilla

[avmaksimov]

I think you don't understand me. I need to forward a message to my colleague and I want to have several buttons to forward to the colleague that I want to forward. Also there is a parameter in MS Outlook that pause sending to have a chance to cancel it. Also I need a button to auto create a letter with To, Subject and Body filled but I can't change something before I'll press send. I like Outlook but now it has some strange errors and I don't want use it anymore.

[RealRaven2000]

I think you don't understand me. I need to forward a message to my colleague and I want to have several buttons to forward to the colleague that I want to forward.

what you mean is one button for each colleague? Not something that quickFilters can do. And if I added it, that would just confuse my users

Also there is a parameter in MS Outlook that pause sending to have a chance to cancel it.

I cannot do that with quickFilters, either.

Also I need a button to auto create a letter with To, Subject and Body filled but I can't change something before I'll press send. I like Outlook but now it has some strange errors and I don't want use it anymore.

So for that one I definitely recommend using SmartTemplates, it has lots of functions and fields that can be auto-filled either when Composer opens or by clicking (such as the name of the recipient). You would use a HTML template file within which you can define a lot of behaviors for autofilling, including inserting other files / html text / attachments and extracting information from the original mail.

[avmaksimov]

OK. I can use quickFilters or SmartTemplates but I didn't found the way when I can quick run a filter. Also I amn't sured that it's possible to run a filter for only choosed message. I found description of the Quick actions or Quick steps in Outlook: https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/2021/05/26/outlook-quick-steps-create-use/#close

You can see at the first picture that I mean with several button for quickfilters:

OK. Maybe it's an idea for new addon, I don't know, but for better competition with Outlook I think it might be added)).

BTW HTML is not convenient for inexperienced user (and me :)) . Better to add some WYSIWYG editor.

[RealRaven2000]

OK. I can use quickFilters or SmartTemplates but I didn't found the way when I can quick run a filter. Also I amn't sured that it's possible to run a filter for only choosed message.

You can run either all filters on only selected messages using the button "Run filters on selected mails":

it is not added to the toolbar by default but you can easily do that by right-clicking the main toolbar and selecting "customize..."

There is also a button for running your filters on all mail in the folder:`

And there is a button for opening the filters window (where you can test filters and run one specific filter on all emails in a folder):

Here you can highlight any filter here (1) select a folder (2) and hit Run Now (3)

Note that filters are designed to usually run in bulk (on incoming or processed mail) and automatically, so they are not a good fit for what you are trying to do.

I found description of the Quick actions or Quick steps in Outlook: https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/2021/05/26/outlook-quick-steps-create-use/#close

I looked at this description on the page:

I think most of these steps can be done with SmartTemplates, you can set up a recipient and do other stuff, the only thing it doesn't do (at the moment) is hit the "send" button for you automatically. I guess I could add that as a new feature if you enter a feature request. (If you use SmartTemplates with a filter in conjunction with the FiltaQuilla action "reply with template" it can already do this, but you want to do it manually)

BTW HTML is not convenient for inexperienced user (and me :)) . Better to add some WYSIWYG editor.

You would only need HTML if you wanted to insert some text into your reply, but it's really not difficult. Most likely you will only need 2 tags: <br> for line break <p> for paragraph and for ending it </p>

With that you can pretty much build anything. The interesting thing in Smarttemplates are the commands, such as %recipient(firstname)% - that may take a little time to learn / set up but it also saves a ton of time. And sorry I don't have time to write a WYSIWYG editor, and there is not enough income to hire an external developer for this. I recommend using notepad++ and then just test your html by looking at the template with a browser of your choice.

[avmaksimov]

I don't understand how I can run a filter that can forward selected message or messages to my a colleague, for e.x. colleague@supermail.com via one/two click. Could help me with it? Even I have to press send after some click?!

[RealRaven2000]

I don't understand how I can run a filter that can forward selected message or messages to my a colleague, for e.x. colleague@supermail.com via one/two click. Could help me with it? Even I have to press send after some click?!

You wouldn't use a filter, but a SmartTemplate - you can ask me directly via email or ask the question on the SmartTemplates github: https://github.com/RealRaven2000/smartTemplates/issues (it basically involves making a html file using the command %header.set(to,yourColleaguesEmail)%)