Hi there!
On 2 Dec 99, at 21:21, Douglas Hinds wrote
about "Re[2]: Activating only certain filt":
> >> AVK> In TB this part cannot be implemented, therefore one would need
> >> AVK> to implement this part as "Read" type filters. But then I would
> >> AVK> *have* to open *each* of the delivery confirmations to get them
> >> AVK> filtered where I want them to go to, which isn't the thing I
> >> AVK> would like to do...
>
> The reason being, that TB implements no folder level read mail
> filters.
Exactly.
> AVK> Yes, but then all the delivery confirmations can be separated
> AVK> from the "valuable" traffic. I usually filter on "daemon" and "mail
> AVK> delivery" strings in the sender... That does the trick.
>
> And could be done in TB.
Yes, of course, but in Pegasus I can visually separate this type
of traffic using colour highlighting...
> Color coding is an excellent marker once learned. (I used color years
> ago for coding vowel sounds when teaching English to Spanish speaking
> children, and it's much better than the letters themselves in English
> in that sense, and aren't that hard to memorize).
Well, *I* was taught English in a more "standard" way in my
school years:-)
> >> I would think that Pegasus is *the* email client with which TB must
> >> compete (not an easy task, given Pegasus' price),
>
> AVK> :-)))
>
> What does :-))) represent?
A wide smile...
> AVK> From what I heard I assume that RIT labs are mainly aimed at
> AVK> competing with Eudora (and here luck can and must be on TB's
> AVK> side:-)) given the Eudora's quality...)
>
> But Eudora has an establish user base and deep pockets behind it.
And so what? It doesn't make it even a bit better then it is
currently.
> AVK> Well, in Pegasus one's got "quick folders" feature:-) That is, a
> AVK> single key-combo moves the current message to a pre-defined
> AVK> (by the user) folder. Up to 9 quick folders supported.
>
> Very good feature.
Might be implemented in TB, too.
> AVK> Actually, TB currently:
>
> AVK> 1. Doesn't support the features I use every now and then (for
> AVK> example, advanced MIME functionality like attaching *multiple*
> AVK> messages to a message,
>
> I have attached multiple files to a single message using TB w/o
> problems.
These multiple messages *need* to reside in the same folder.
This is a really _heavy_ restriction, IMO.
> AVK> creating/reading MIME digests, etc.);
>
> That will be supported in the v. 2.
This is already supported, but the level of this support is really
poor.
> AVK> 2. Has nontheless numerous bugs in its very basic functionality.
>
> AVK> That's IMHO, of course:-)
>
> I would hate to have to give up TB's bilingual spell checker and a lot
> of the formatting support works well for me. But I *am* going to have
> to put some time into devising a filtering system that I can control
> in an orderly way using TB as is.
Well, what you currently can is to write a *large* and detailed
message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:-)
> There are things that it lacks that have been mentioned previously,
> and at least some of these issues are being addressed in the v. 2.
Hope so.
SY, Alex
(St.Petersburg, Russia)
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