powermail-discuss Digest #3039 - Friday, July 12, 2013
Re: More pre-purchase questions... :-)
by "Rene Merz" <[email protected]>
Re(2): More pre-purchase questions... :-)
by "Tom Bulat" <[email protected]>
Re: More pre-purchase questions... :-)
by "Jeremy Hughes" <[email protected]>
Re(2): More pre-purchase questions... :-)
by "Tom Bulat" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: More pre-purchase questions... :-)
From: "Rene Merz" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:25:58 +0200
Tom Bulat hat geschrieben:
>>There is another option, which I've never found very useful. You can
>>have separate databases and switch between them using "Switch User
>>Environment" (from the Database submenu in the File menu). You can
>>create a new database whenever your existing database gets too large,
>>but that means you'll have to switch between databases whenever you want
>>to search through your emails, and that's a fairly cumbersome process -
>>you have to select the new database via a file dialog.
>
>Hi Jeremy,
>I use the technique of switching databases, and the good news is that
>you can find messages via spotlight just fine.
>
>The bad news is that if you double click them, PowerMail opens them in
>the old database.
>
>If the developers are listening I would want to see:
>
>The name of the current open database somewhere in plain view at all times
>
>The institution of a recent database menu item that would allow you to
>quickly select databases without having to navigate the file system.
>
>Please add such features to the next release ASAP.
>
>Thanks, and so long for now, TOM
An evasion probably could be to install an additional user (and the PM there
too, of course) to store the switched database in the folder "PowerMail Files"
and to open it only there?
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Subject: Re(2): More pre-purchase questions... :-)
From: "Tom Bulat" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:45:34 -0400
Hi Jeremy,
But doesn't the "work around" you suggest negate the ability to use spotlight
quickly and efficiently to find archived mail within the user account I am
using now?
I vote for my suggestions which make sense from a User Iterface perspective.
After all a database file has a name. Why shouldn't the user be able to see
that in the program. Also if you switch databses often having the files appear
as a recent files enu item list would be so convenient. It might require a bit
of user awareness, but at least these suggestions help solve the troubles
created when you forget to switch back to the current correct database after
reviewing an archived e-mail from an archived database.
I have sent this "idea" to the developer years ago, and I am not holding my
breath, but I sure would like to see some forward motion on PowerMail. I still
want it to be my e-mail program, even though all the forces that power us want
html mail to supplant text e-mail.
I'm guessing there must not be many users trying to keep things organized as I
do ;-)
Thanks, and so long for now, TOM
>An evasion probably could be to install an additional user (and the PM
>there too, of course) to store the switched database in the folder
>"PowerMail Files" and to open it only there?
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Subject: Re: More pre-purchase questions... :-)
From: "Jeremy Hughes" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:44:48 +0100
Hi Tom,
>Hi Jeremy,
>But doesn't the "work around" you suggest negate the ability to use
>spotlight quickly and efficiently to find archived mail within the user
>account I am using now?
That was Rene's suggestion - I wouldn't personally want to do this.
Making it easier to swap between databases (like your Recent Database
suggestion) would be an improvement.
Other improvements might be:
1. The ability to have several databases open at the same time
2. An option to lock archive databases (so they don't get used for new mail)
3. The ability to search through more than one database from within PowerMail.
Jeremy
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Subject: Re(2): More pre-purchase questions... :-)
From: "Tom Bulat" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:52:46 -0400
>1. The ability to have several databases open at the same time
>
>2. An option to lock archive databases (so they don't get used for new mail)
>
>3. The ability to search through more than one database from within PowerMail.
Hi Jeremy,
You are so creative. I applaud all of these, and welcome an of them!
Thanks, and so long for now, TOM
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