davecc0000 wrote (at 5:24 AM on Wednesday, January 4, 2023):

> I, also, would like this feature added to MailMate.
>
> Dave

Me too! That level of control is what made Eudora so beloved to me and others.

>>> is there a way to add searchable free form notes to incoming messages?
>>>
>>> This is different to tagging and I didn't see anything in the manual that 
>>> could be repurposed for this.
>>
>>> On 3 Jan 2023, at 23:22, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote:
>>>
>>> in theory this could be implemented using the IMAP ANNOTATE extension 
>>> specified in RFC 5257 (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5257.html), but I 
>>> don’t think many servers and clients support that.
>>>
>>> It’s an interesting idea, but unless it works inter-operably, I don’t think 
>>> it makes much sense to add as a feature to MailMate.
>>
>> Mac Eudora had an "advanced" feature that allowed editing of received 
>> messages. When enabled, there was an "Edit" icon on the toolbar. Clicking it 
>> allowed editing of any part of the message. I used it to add notes in the 
>> body of messages, or to modify or add header fields. When done, clicking the 
>> "Edit" icon again saved the changes. Behind the scenes, Eudora used IMAP 
>> APPEND to upload the edited message and IMAP DELETE/EXPUNGE to delete the 
>> original message. Interoperable and very handy. I wish MailMate supported 
>> this!
>>
>> --Randall
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