It sounds like a very good idea. You can send feedback to the developers on this issue. Use the last menu item under the 'Help' menu - "Send Feedback on Entourage". This message will go directly to the developers. The more people that request this feature the more likely it is to be implemented.
-- Barry > From: Matthew Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:35:40 +1000 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Possible enhancement to future version of Entourage > > I work in a small organisation. There's only two full-time employees > year-round, one part-time, and some seasonal staff. We produce yearly > events, film-festivals. The way we work is project based. We store files on > the server within a project. We attempt to do the same for email. The > problem is that mail is stored in individual identity databases. Once an > event is finished it would be great to be able to store the mail within the > project folder in a way that anyone can read it, search it and navigate it > easily. Currently there is no easy way to do it. Of course there are some > crude ways of doing it, some involve other software, like FileMaker, but > then this means there is another interface someone has to learn. When you > have new staff for each event, that is going to slow people down. Another > would be to store the whole identity. That requires you to copy it to your > Documents folder and then change your identity. This has problems of having > multiple copies on different peoples computers, as well as the possibility > of not realising your in another identity. > > I would like to suggest a solution, for a future version of Entourage. I was > wondering what the members of this mailing list think of it. > > I propose a file format which can store mail and folders, separate to the > user's identity folder and database. These files could be stored and created > anywhere on the file system. An Entourage user could create or open one. An > icon and name would appear in the left pane of the Entourage main window. > The user could also close it. It would then be removed from the window. The > file could also be dragged from the Finder to the pane, to make it appear > there. There would also be a way to opening the file as read-only, or just > allowing it to be opened if the permissions only allow it to be read. It > should be possible for multiple users to concurrently open a read-only file. > > This file, as listed in the pane, would work like a mail account. It would > have a folder structure which the user could navigate. Clicking on a folder > would display a list of the messages contained in it in the right pane of > the window. The user can also use Entourage's search functions to locate > mail in the file. Of course, there should be full AppleScript access to the > file, as well as opening, closing and creating the files. I don't believe > you should be able use it in rules. The file may not be 'mounted', which > would break the rule. > > I think this would satisfy my needs. I could then store in the project > folder files for each person who worked on an event. Anyone working later > would be able to read the correspondence from previous events. I think it > would also satisfy the needs of others who want to archive mail out of their > main database. > > I am interested in hearing what others think of this solution. > > -- > Matthew Smith > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
