On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:40:33 -0800, Tom Plunket wrote:
> ...that other programs prompt is not at issue. What if the solution
> was to NOT prompt, but to offer an easy way to change to other
> addresses (or other fields, what have you)? Like, say, a droplist
> when editing your message, and you could choose between From:,
> Reply-To: or even Cc:?
Hey, that does sound better. Make all the possible reply to addresses
available via a drop down list. :)
> An aside: if The Bat! strips virtual space, do sigdashes go out
> improperly formatted? In other words, do we get <dash><dash><space> or
> are we stuck with <dash><dash>?
No, you get <dash><dash><space>. In fact you are guaranteed to get all
trailing spaces if you hit return after it. The sig delimiter will not
work without a space after the dashes.
> Maybe an option for a prompt, but I tell you, I NEVER want to be
> prompted for such a ridiculous thing.
Yup. I find it annoying to say the least. I prefer proper relevant
header display. That's another good thing about the view folder window. It
gets you in the habit of reading the header bar before reading the
message.
SL>> I further believe that a REPLY-TO, set by an individual, is not an
SL>> implicit or explicit statement to reply to that address in all cases
SL>> and should not be trusted.
> How do you figure? Why would it be that ANYONE would set a Reply-To
> address, and then not want mail to go there? (This has nothing to do
> with en-route hacking and modification.)
.... or sending messages from incorrect folders in TB!. :) Excluding
those reasons, I'm stumped as well. I don't think those reasons are
legitimate and therefore can't be used to justify a fixed behavior of
receiving a prompt.
> Agreed, but I have to say it's useful on lists. However, many times
> it's not relevant and the name should be edited out. So yeah, can the
> feature.
Very useful on the list especially when not using threaded view. I can
easily see who's replying to whom etc.
> Don't ask as default, how 'bout that?
Agreed. :)
[..snip..]
> The only reason I haven't turned that off yet is because Windows STILL
> insists on putting Shift-Deleted things in the Recycle Bin first time,
> every time. My deal is, when I really want to delete something:
> Shift-Del. (Do you want to recycle? <N>o. Shift-Del)+ Do you want
> to delete? <Y>es.
> <sigh>
Go in the recycle bin properties and disable "display delete
confirmation dialog box." From then on whenever you use Shift-Del you are
prompted only once with "are you sure that you want to del?". It does ease
the agony. Or you could just use a third party filemanager which stops the
problem completely.
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