Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-03-02 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Miguel, On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:46:18 +0100 GMT (01/03/03, 21:46 +0700 GMT), Miguel A. Urech wrote: No, the fact that I never thought about modigying the subject of an incoming message, and that I don't understand the need to do so, doesn't mean I'm against the feature. I may think that

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-03-01 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Thomas, You seem to know a lot of work-arounds for someone who is against adding a feature for TB to edit incoming messages directly. ;-) Did I say I am against adding the feature? Yes, maybe I know about those work-arounds because of other needs. I use the export/edit/import somewhat

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-03-01 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Miguel, On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 11:11:21 +0100 GMT (01/03/03, 17:11 +0700 GMT), Miguel A. Urech wrote: You seem to know a lot of work-arounds for someone who is against adding a feature for TB to edit incoming messages directly. ;-) Did I say I am against adding the feature? I checked and

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-03-01 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Thomas, Did I say I am against adding the feature? I checked and you didn't really say that. Comments as in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] made me believe you were against the feature; No, the fact that I never thought about modigying the subject of an incoming message, and that I don't

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello James, Not easy enough for those who have to do it often. Often? Ugh! =:-( It certainly takes all kinds of people to make the world ;-) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.61 Current version is

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Spike
Hello James Senick, On or about Friday, February 28, 2003 at 00:19:51GMT -0500 (which was 12:19 AM in the tropics where I live) James Senick posted: Export - Edit - Import. That easy :) JS Not easy enough for those who have to do it often. Easy enough for something that should not be easily

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Spike, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:33:24 -0500 GMT (28/02/03, 21:33 +0700 GMT), Spike wrote: The issue is the ability to modify something someone wrote in a way they never intended. One should NOT be able to modify a message without indicating PLAINLY that the original writer's message has

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Pavel Kuznetsov
Hi Spike, Friday, February 28, 2003, 4:33:24 PM, you wrote: The issue is the ability to modify something someone wrote in a way they never intended. I would say that this is not always the case. In most cases I want to modify incoming message the reason is that the message is already modified

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread James Senick
Hello Spike, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, at 09:33:24 [GMT -0500] (which was 9:33:24 AM in NY, USA) Spike wrote: Export - Edit - Import. That easy :) JS Not easy enough for those who have to do it often. Easy enough for something that should not be easily done! Point taken. But you can't veto every

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Paul Wilson
Friday, 2/28/2003, 7:43 AM Hi James, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, at 00:19:51 [GMT -0500] (which was 9:19 PM where I live) you wrote about: 'A way to modify _incoming_ mail' JS The idea is very much alive here. I am still happy with TB as JS is but fully expect this feature to be added at some point

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Paul, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 07:50:16 -0800 GMT (28/02/03, 22:50 +0700 GMT), Paul Wilson wrote: I hope you are wrong about the feature being added. You will never convince me of a legitimate reason to modify incoming messages. E-Mail is frequently used as evidence in court cases. But only

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Paul Wilson
Friday, 2/28/2003, 8:24 AM Hi Thomas, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, at 23:02:16 [GMT +0700] (which was 8:02 AM where I live) you wrote about: 'A way to modify _incoming_ mail' TF But only if sender's mid and receiver's mid show the same message, TF isn't it? I can modify any message by exporting

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Paul, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:38:54 -0800 GMT (28/02/03, 23:38 +0700 GMT), Paul Wilson wrote: TF But only if sender's mid and receiver's mid show the same message, TF isn't it? I can modify any message by TF exporting/editing/importing it. I don't have a problem with that as long as it

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello James, Export - Edit - Import. That easy :) Not easy enough for those who have to do it often. It should be fairly easy to do with PowerPro. I'll try it later or during the weekend. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.61

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Thomas, I am not. I receive messages with non-sensical subjects. I would like to edit those. Another method. Redirect (Ctrl+E), change subject, send to Outbox and move to original folder. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.61

Re[2]: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Nick Dutton
Oh no, I can't help myself... I hope you are wrong about the feature being added. You will never convince me of a legitimate reason to modify incoming messages. E-Mail is frequently used as evidence in court cases. TF But only if sender's mid and receiver's mid show the same message, TF isn't

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread James Senick
Hello Miguel, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, at 19:18:20 [GMT +0100] (which was 1:18:20 PM in NY, USA) Miguel A. Urech wrote: Not easy enough for those who have to do it often. It should be fairly easy to do with PowerPro. I'll try it later or during the weekend. Allie was kind enough to write a

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread James Senick
Hello Nick, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, at 18:32:14 [GMT +] (which was 1:32:14 PM in NY, USA) Nick Dutton wrote: Surely an answer (if there is to be one) is to add, rather than modify? If each stored message was given _extra_ fields: Subject(modified) and Body(modified), these could then be

A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Jim Lanyon
Hello all, Friday, February 28, 2003, 7:09:47 PM, you wrote: From what I have read about this, it seems to me that if people are finding work-arounds, then mail is being altered already. It would seem sensible to allow this to be done properly, i.e. from within the programme. -- Best

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-28 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Miguel, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:23:09 +0100 GMT (01/03/03, 01:23 +0700 GMT), Miguel A. Urech wrote: I am not. I receive messages with non-sensical subjects. I would like to edit those. Another method. Redirect (Ctrl+E), change subject, send to Outbox and move to original folder. You

A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-27 Thread Pavel Kuznetsov
Hello there, Does anybody know how to modify _incoming_ mail? In particular I wish to process Subjects of received letters removing some extra information like [this-list] or [that-list] etc. Is there a way to do this automatically on message arrival? -- Pavel Kuznetsov

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-27 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Pavel, On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:36:09 +0200GMT (27-2-03, 18:36 +0100, where I live), you wrote: PK Does anybody know how to modify _incoming_ mail? You can't do that with TB, neither automatically nor manually. -- Groetjes, Roelof Current

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-27 Thread Peter Palmreuther
Hi Pavel, On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:36:09 +0200 Pavel Kuznetsov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know how to modify _incoming_ mail? In particular I wish to process Subjects of received letters removing some extra information like [this-list] or [that-list] etc. Is there a way to do this

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Peter, On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:19:49 +0100 GMT (28/02/03, 01:19 +0700 GMT), Peter Palmreuther wrote: And: yes, there are good reasons why The Bat! does not allow to alter an incoming message directly; and yes: I'm one of those guys that prefers it's current behavior :-) I am not. I

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-27 Thread Pavel Kuznetsov
Hi Peter, Thursday, February 27, 2003, 8:19:49 PM, you wrote: there are good reasons why The Bat! does not allow to alter an incoming message directly; and yes: I'm one of those guys that prefers it's current behavior :-) Why? Can you sort of summarize the reasons behind your opinion? No

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-27 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Thomas, I am not. I receive messages with non-sensical subjects. I would like to edit those. Export - Edit - Import. That easy :) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.61 Current version is 1.62 |

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Miguel, On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:59:08 +0100 GMT (28/02/03, 01:59 +0700 GMT), Miguel A. Urech wrote: I am not. I receive messages with non-sensical subjects. I would like to edit those. Export - Edit - Import. That easy :) I know this, but it is an old circular discussion Pit was

Re: A way to modify _incoming_ mail

2003-02-27 Thread James Senick
Hello Thomas, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, at 09:55:49 [GMT +0700] (which was 9:55:49 PM in NY, USA) Thomas Fernandez wrote: Export - Edit - Import. That easy :) Not easy enough for those who have to do it often. I know this, but it is an old circular discussion Pit was referring to: Should it be