Brian Kirsch wrote:
Perhaps I misspoke. In Chandler, the From field doesn't necessarily
have a valid email address. It could just be text. The "Send via"
field is what would normally go in the "From" field of a traditional
email client.
In normal email clients, recipients of Chandler messages will see the
email address in the "Send via" field appear in the "From field".
Honestly I don't see what you are trying to accomplish here. A email
message in a traditional mail client must have a from with a valid
email address. It can't just be text. If the Send Via is normally what
would
go in the From field then lets put that in the From field. We still
have to support traditional email clients so why are we reinventing
the wheel here?
I think Mimi is trying to make the distinction between "from" and
"reply-to" headers a little less jargony. One could perhaps argue that
it is more natural to let the user just say "Send as", and then behind
the scenes map that value to the "from" email header and the account
address to the "reply-to" header.
Having said that, without any user feedback indicating that this is
really needed, IMHO Preview can do just fine with close-to-the-metal
"reply-to" and "from" fields.
Davor
P.S. "Send via" sounds really awkward. How about "send as"?
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