On 20.06.02 12:55, Jon Thaler Replied As Follows: --- Original Message ---
> Christopher Jahn wrote: >> And it came to pass that Jon Thaler wrote: > >>>... M's address book utility >>>has two undesirable features (unless I've missed >>>something): >>> >>>* One can't display or search for cards in more than one >>>address book at a time. >>> >>>* If I want a person to appear in more than one address >>>book ... I end up with multiple copies of that >>> person's card. >>> >>>Entourage X does this right. That's one of its few >>>advantages over Mozilla. >> >> Why do you need ten address books? It sounds to me like what >> you want is ONE address book, with ten lists set up in each. >> This would solve all the problems you've mentioned without re- >> inventing the wheel. > > This works, in a way, but is a kludge. An address book is not a > mailing list. > * A group of people is not necessarily a list to which I'd want > to send email. (OK, this is not a big deal, although one loses > some protection against mistakes.) > * I cannot put mailing lists into the lists. I think this has > been discussed elsewhere. For example, I cannot make a > subcommittee list inside a committee list. (This *is* a big > deal.) > * I cannot search for a name only within a selected list (or set > of lists). This is an issue when one has hundreds of contacts. > * I cannot display the combined contents of two selected lists. > In particular, duplicate entries could be removed. One could > then avoid sending multiple messages to someone who is a member > of two lists. > * I cannot examine a card and learn anything about what lists that > person belongs to. I do know which address book it's in. > > These issues could be resolved, but I don't think it's "reinventing the > wheel." Functionality is missing. > > What use, if any, do you perceive for multiple address books? > Personally, I think that having a single class do everyhing is ugly and > probably difficult to maintain. > > Regards, > Jon Thaler > Make two lists, "subcommittee" and "committee". Name each list accordingly and add the appropriate addresses to each list. When you compose an email: To: field is blank Bcc: subcommittee or Bcc: committee SEND -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
