> On the other hand, there is no way to distinguish between these > passive additions to my email history vs. those I've actually WANTED > in my contacts. B/c of this, I don't even bother managing my well > over 2000 contacts (and no I'm not that popular and I'm not a > stalker).
This problem has been intriguing/haunting me for a while... especially since I've been using Thunderbird as my email client. It has a related problem in which if you want to show images from certain emails for "approved addresses" (like, for instance if I want images to appear from emails from Crate & Barrel or whatever), those email addresses have to be added to one's address book. This just seems silly to me. The same goes for contacts and memorized email addresses -- on the one hand, it's convenient for the client (or GMail) to remember addresses, but I don't necessarily want *everyone* to whom I've contacted/replied/forwarded an email be added to my contacts list or address book... I'm definitely in agreement with Dave that there needs to be a "convenience limbo" where those addresses I've used before can be brought up easily when I need them, but it's separate from my *actual* contact list. And I should be able to move them from the CL to my address book easily. grrr... ///eks ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
