Hello Maxim, > What's the point of th Drafts folder if there is "draft" per-message > flag in the Outbox? > > There are mail clients that have a separate Drafts folder, but this is > because they don't have an opportunity to park individual messages by > the "draft" flag.
It is a matter of concept, elegance, clearness and intuitiveness. Even the most novice users would understand from the beginning what the Outbox and Drafts folders are for, not just because "other email clients use them" but because it is quite logical and intuitive. Maybe that's exactly why other email clients use them, not because they are unable to implement the draft-park flag. As David Eliot says is his reply to you, Outbox is (should be) for messages that are ready to be sent, and if you Park any of them it probably is because, for whatever reason, you what to hold sending them until a later time but not because they are drafts. How can you tell the difference between 'parked' and 'draft'? As I say in my BT wish, it should never be possible to Copy or Move messages to the Outbox, either manually or by filters. This is what your corporate users are actually asking for. Is there any logical reason to copy or move messages to Outbox? Is it logical that an Incoming filter (or any type of filter) can copy and move messages to the Outbox? Is it logical that 'Alternative deletion' in folder Properties can move *deleted* messages to Outbox? What's the _logic_ for all of this? Please enlighten me if I'm being blind. > We cal alter the "outbox protection feature" to automatically mark all > messages copied to the outbox as "draft". This will save from > accidentally sending them. You will have to explicitly unpark them to > send them out. What's the logic and intuitiveness of an "outbox protection feature"? Whether you like it or not, it is just a 'little dirty trick' or 'temporary fix with masking tape' to solve something (I don't know if completely or just partially) that would would more logically, elegantly, intuitively and completely be solved with the addition of a Drafts folder. Again, please enlighten me if I'm being blind and not seeing something. -- Best regards, Please support the wish for a 'Draft' folder at: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=5441 Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v3.63.09 (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.63.09 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
