Thomas, dia duit!
On 20/03/2000 you may or may not have meant to post the following to Simon:
<reduce>
> These are seperate email accounts, different POP accounts, that just
> happen to be on the same domain and that just happen to be owned by
> the same person (you). These are not aliases.
:Q I dunno. Come in to find this. Blimey. I said that already. The ID prefix
of an email address is always the alias in all definitions. Of course, if I
am wrong, then I have been using the wrong terminology for untold years and
it is a wonder that I have been able to set up any accounts at all, for
anyone!
> They are not aliases. An alias is a different name for the same POP
> account. For example, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> will
> both end up in this one mailbox. They go to the same account, even
> though they have different names
An alias remains an alias regardless of the account to which it belongs.
> (hence "alias", meaning "also" in some old langauge ;-))
Alias means, "otherwise called or known as", but not "also". Alias is from
the Latin root *alius* which means *other*! The Old English words *aell* &
*sw�* create *aellsw�*, or rather all+so; *also* is rather from the Old
Frisian word *alsa*, meaning *thus*.
> I think this would not only overcomplicate usage - as well as
> programme development, thus inviting bugs - but also bloat the thing.
What, adding separate Pop3 login accounts to a main TB! account would
overcomplicate things? How? Exactly how would it 'bloat the thing'? Outlook
manages to accomplish this mundane task with ease. TB! is only a couple of
meg. I am sure that a few extra KBs wouldn't exactly break most peoples hard
disks. If it would, then get a new hard disk. I am sure that adding a feature
that would not create an overhead for users unless they implemented it does
not constitute bloat. No doubt, someone will disagree.
BTW: The many FREE & shareware POP3 checkers and mail viewers and downloaders
available seem to manage to check multiple mailboxes and download into a
single folder without any problem. Some are tiny apps, that just sit in the
systray, and others have their own viewers. Most are much less than 200K.
Some more comprehensive ones that have ambitions beyond just checking your
Pop3 servers are more, and around the 1 meg mark.
> For example?
Given in this email and in the previous reply.
> Oh, by the way, you can still filter from any account into one
> account.
Exactly what I didn't want to do.
> Since you have set up mutliple POP accounts with your ISP, I
> would assume you have a reason for it
I have set up multiple mailboxes, yes. And I do.
> - so why would you want to intermix them again anyway?
Intermix them? Is that the point? Whatever! Here is one example: I collect
email from two mailboxs called 'support' and 'faxme' when I'm out and about
on calls. I use a very basic POP3 client (no bells, no whistles) that handles
multiple logins to just view the headers and a few lines or download mail
when I'm roaming - some people call them POP3 checkers, or mailspys.
This is _my_ particular hassle free method, and allows me to pick up only
particular types of messages that I consider urgent, and therefore want to
get to when I want them, wherever I am. When I get back, I simply import any
emails that I may have downloaded into my client, which is now TB!
(previously Outlook98).
So, when I am in the Office, I want to use TB! in preference to download the
messages to the main account from all mailboxes for that ISP and without
having to set up another TB! account that is not needed because I do not want
to set up a send and receive, only receive. Or is that a big deal?
I use multiple aliases for one ISP and multiple mailboxes. I download mail
for all those aliases from this ISPs POP3 server into my TB! inbox. I set
this ISP up in TB! as an 'account'. That is how I refer to it anyway.
My main ISP provides a facility to create mailboxes with passwords and the
email alias then becomes the logon also. Now the only way to access these
mailboxes is to set up another account in TB! to access the same pop3 server
to get mail from different mailboxes. This is a pop3 account, yes? But the
aliases are addressed to the same domain. Not complex.
My other two ISPs I set up as two other separate TB! accounts. From your
reply, it seems that I have not left the ways of M$ and and fully tuned into
TB!s way of doing things. You are obviously suggesting that I am not using
TB! the way it was intended to be used.
Sl�n anois,
Simon
Obiter dictum: "you ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity"
Daily acroymn: BIOYIOP > Blow It Out Your I/O Port
Send private mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Leave voicemail @ 01792 540900 (+44)
Send Fax-2-Email @ 0870 7061323 (+44)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Bat! version: 1.42 Beta/3 http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/index.html
Notetab Std/Pro version: 4.8 http://www.notetab.com
M$ Winblows version: 4.10.2222 A http://www.youcanthaveyourowncd.con
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PGP(http://www.pgp.com/asp_set/products/tns/jump_page_011800.asp)
Key ID:
0x5C7E8966 DH/DSS 4096/1024
Key Fingerprint:
851C F927 0296 FF1C 70A2 474F CB6E 6FFE 5C7E 8966
Key Server:
ldap://certserver.pgp.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--
--------------------------------------------------------------
View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com
To send a message to the list moderation team double click here:
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message:
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--------------------------------------------------------------
You are subscribed as : [email protected]
