Martin, I believe we are thinking along the same lines. I apologize if my email was unclear.
-Ryan On 1/3/2006, "Martin Waschbüsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Ryan, > >Am 3.1.2006 schrieb "Ryan R. LaMothe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >>Actually, it happens all of the time. For example: >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >As for different email-addresses, one contact can currently have two. >That could be adjusted, I am sure. > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Now, it is pretty pointless to give each entry a unique name or unique >>nickname, since it is simply two people with more than one email address >>each. The unique database column should not be tied directly to the >>name and email address data, but should instead be tied to something >>like an index number or "Home, Work, School, Other" for each contact, >>so repeated contacts can have multiple different email addresses with >>the same first and last names and no nicknames/etc. > >I am not sure if I understood you correctly, but what I was thinking >about is this: > >We should make sure that one entry in the contact list corresponds to one >person and contains all information for that person. >If the need arises for another instance of the same person, you can >simply do so by creating a new contact that can have whatever data you >like. >What should not happen is that you can do this AND also give them the >same 'label'. You could not tell them apart any more. > >I suggest making sure the user *has* to give seperate labels: one >'Brother, Home' and the other 'Brother, Work'. All other entries can >be identical for all I care. > >To prevent confusion: The database field 'name' is not about last name >or first name, but just a label for the list of contacts. > > >Cheers, > >Martin > >-- >"What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason >away..." > >Doobie Brothers (1978) > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files >for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes >searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Ilohamail-devel mailing list >Ilohamail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ilohamail-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Ilohamail-devel mailing list Ilohamail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ilohamail-devel
