Hi there!
On 8 Jan 00, at 11:12, Moosebreath wrote
about "Newbie Stuff":
> In looking around for a reliable replacement, I started using
> Outlook 2000, it's already there, it is pretty but filters
> just don't do the job and it's just too much of everything.
Besides, it's breaking the standards all the way... And no less buggy itself,
then Eudora.
> From there I go to Pegasus, a real screamer of a program.
> I had so many mailboxes in Eudora and Pegasus doesn't have
> an import feature
Really?;-) Funny indeed, to import the mailbox from Eudora to Pegasus one
has to simply *copy* the *.mbx files to the Pegasus mail directory (typically
c:\pmail\mail\<username>) and restart Pegasus;-) Oh well:-)
> I started using Calypso. I would call it a competent program
> even though it's po-poed on the list group. To my amazement,
> I find out it doesn't support MAPI and I have to use it for
> some applications.
TB doesn't offer MAPI support currently, too. Besides, what flavour of MAPI
do you want? "simple" Mapi or Mapi 1.0? The latter is usable from within
Office only;-) Just a perfect example of *how* precisely M$ breaks the
standards...
> Then The Bat! At a glance the interface looks like a simple
> program. I install it and now I consider it home although for
> the new user, it's really confusing on some points.
>
> Now, I'm looking for some features and maybe they already in
> the bat but can't seem to find them.
>
> I used to be able to edit a message and save it where it sits,
> doesn't look like a way to do that.
Not supported. Either export it, edit the result and import back, or just drag it to
the Outbox, edit there and drag back (in the latter case the Date: header will
be changed to "Now":-()
> I'd like to be able to set up multiple accounts (I have 4), and
> use 1 set of mailbox folders with the option of using specific
> ones inside the other accounts.
Not supported. (Steve, where are you, poor guy? You'll have to climb on your
old dead horse once more, won't you?;-))
> I see there is HTML support but when an HTML page comes into email,
> it doesn't look like what was sent, E-C-O (Eudora, Calypso, and Outlook)
> display as a web page. I know I'll get flak here, but I would like
> to see an HTML toolbar and the ability to display the page the way it
> was sent.
TB protects you from possible security flaws *not* using the IE as the HTML
renderer. The majority of the users support this policy, and *hopefully* it will
*never*, *never* change!!!
> When you subscribe to things nowadays, sometimes you're given a choice of
> HTML of plain text but most of the time not at all, you get HTML. Email and
> HTML have to mix nowadays.
And what? TB displays HTML w/o a single problem.
> I'd like to select which account to send the email from (down arrow)
> in the send mail when I'm about to send it, not have to send it from
> the account I'm editing in.
You already have this possibility. Look into Options-->Active account in the
message editor window.
> I'd like to see a "preview" on the toolbar next to the print button.
> And a "right click" on the toolbar to customize it.
Customisable toolbars will be supported in the upcoming version 2. Currently
no way.
> Some small stuff like "change case", "wrap, unwrap", "remove quotes
> in message" etc.
Have you looked into the RegExp support? Glance through the help file, it
covers this in full details. Much of the things you wish can be done this way.
> The ability to work with sentences or paragraphs or both. When
> I'm composing a message, tell me which mailbox I'm in, in case
> the gray cells get lost.
Options-->Avtive account is checked.
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(St.Petersburg, Russia)
http://mph.phys.spbu.ru/~akiselev
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