Hello Everyone! Here are the steps to replicate the problem that I think will be helped by having my feature wish implemented:
1) In your address book put a "nickname" for one of your entries. 2) To the "New Message" properties for that entry include in the template the macro: %SIGNCOMPLETE. 3) Start a new message to this contact by typing the nickname (the "handle") 4) But deliberately make a typo. NOTE: the handle has no domain with it; until you tab down, the address called by the handle is not in the To: field; if you make a typo, no address will be called. EXAMPLE: The handle is "sis." Type "siss" in the To: field and tab down. 5) You will see that the default Account template is called, which does not include $SIGNCOMPLETE. And, unless you have previously modified it, the greeting will appear as you tab into the message body: "Hello siss," 6) Delete the extra "s." 7) Go back to the To: field and delete the extra "s" there. The address of your contact will then appear as you tab down. 8) Proceed to compose and send the message. Send it. Off it will go, unencrypted. Now, of course, if I had noticed that the address had not been invoked by my handle with the typo in it, I would have corrected it in the To: field before tabbing on into the message body and correcting the greeting. But, for four years this template has worked, and until today, I had never made a typo in the handle. For some reason I had an attention lapse. I cannot guarantee to myself that I will not have another lapse of attention. Therefore, my feature wish is for an Alert Box, which, when I change the handle in the To: field, after typing in the message body because my attention was distracted, will pop up. It might say something like (and a big thank-you to Alexander Kunz for this suggestion): =============== Warning - the TO address uses a different message template than the one that was initially applied. Do you want to discard any changes in the editor and apply the new template? <YES/NO> =============== Now, I do not plan to use handles with contacts for whom I have the macro %SIGNCOMPLETE in the New Message template--not any more. My safety will lie in bringing up a previous message, highlighting the address of that contact, and choosing "Write a message to this address." However, this truly is a trap--albeit an esoteric one. The alert box might prevent some newbie (or not-so-newbie) TB! user from sending unencrypted sensitive material to his/her banker or accountant, when he/she intended to send it encrypted. All comments to this idea for a feature wish are welcome. -- Best regards, Mary The Bat 3.86.02 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.86.02 | '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/
