Disable Mail Threading

[Lucksmith369]

Feature request

As a Nextcloud user I prefer to use my email program without threads and look at messages separately.

Work packages

• Add a checkbox per Nextcloud account (or Nextcloud Mail account - to be decided) to turn threading off. It's opt-out and, feature will be on by default.
• When threading is enabled do everything like before. Make sure previously not threaded accounts are fully rethreaded if necessary.
• When threading is disabled set thread_root_id=message_id for all messages and skip threading after synchronization
• User documentation

Follow-ups

• Add an admin toggle for user defaults
  • Admin leaves thread on -> threading is on for users unless they disable it
  • Admin opts out -> threading is off for users unless they enable it
  • This will then require admin documentation

Original request

Can you please add a Setting to disable Threading like roundcube do?

[ChristophWurst]

mind elaborating why that is desirable?

you seem to have ignored the issue template with your feature request. please follow it next time.

[Lucksmith369]

i got this question many times from diverent Customers, because they dont want the Threading feature, sometimes Emails have the same Subject but are not for the same purpose.

in Roundcube you can choose between the two options.
If you can tell me where i can find the part of Code for Threading, i can implement it like in Roundcube.

i read actually you do Threading in Backend, i think a Frontend implementation is a better Choice for this.

sry for the issue template

Any news about this...

[ChristophWurst]

No

[crocobc]

Yes would be great to have this ! (i never used threading) Any news ?

[meichthys]

mind elaborating why that is desirable?

@ChristophWurst Threading often causes issues like this:

Archived messages that are part of a thread often display like this.
Othertimes. the body of the email looks like this:

[nordxONE]

Just came across this thread after searching for my "missing mail problem". I couldnt find a mail i was searching in he Mail-app of nextcloud, but it was there in roundcube.

For me this threading is very annyoing and makes me avoid using the Mail app at all. Please add this feature so i can see all my mails chronolical.

Big thumbs up for this feature!!

[ChristophWurst]

OK

[Scott07uk]

+1 I find it much harder to manage my mailbox with threadding, so would prefer to turn it off.

[ChristophWurst]

Just add your 👍 to #5913 (comment) to give the ticket more weight