On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:36:54 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[..snip..]
> You may not care to deal with mail from multiple accounts as one, but
> some of us do. I don't want to redirect messages all over the place,
> bouncing them through my ISP or anywhere else for that matter. For
> example, I have an old account, one that I rarely use, but is still
> active. I keep it active just in case something comes along that's
> worthwhile, maybe an old correspondence, maybe an old friend who
> tracked me down through an outdated internet search engine.
> Regardless of how the people got the address, I want to filter it the
> same way as my other mail.
In an attempt to keep the discussion on track, TB! *does* filter
mail across accounts. It is therefore simple to store messages from
different e-mail addresses in the same folders if you choose to. There is
no need to add additional features to achieve this. In the particular
scenario being discussed, I think multiple e-mail address per account
support would be redundant, since the folder specific identity support,
the filtering across accounts support, the %ACCOUNT macro among other
things will work just fine to achieve similar ends. These are set and
forget type config. options as well so, it doesn't add continuous tedium.
> We can't always control where everyone sends email, we don't email
> EVERYONE everyday where we can remind them into submission. The only
> other way to do that would be to have a single email account and give
> the user no choice. That's neither possible nor practical in most
> situations.
That's not the case with TB! either. See above.
> Steve, I think you need to accept that your way may not be the *right*
> way, it's just your way.
[..snip..]
This sounds familiar. <huge chuckle>
> Frequently, your responses to someone's wish list have been: "Bad
> Idea" or "Wrong" type answers. Instead of a simple: "IMHO, this would
> not be effective because..." You need to accept other peoples TB!
> usage. They aren't wrong, they aren't bad ideas. They may be based on
> misinformation, or not completely thought through, but if you keep
> bashing all the new ideas, and stifle innovation by telling people
> that the problem is the user, and the software doesn't need
> improving, we'll end up with a Micro$oft product!
I think Steve is trying just a bit too hard to prevent just that. :)))
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