On Sun, 07 May 2000 10:28:17 -0600, Douglas Hinds wrote:
> Judging from the above, the objective of "Filtering / Deleting messages
> w/ *.vbs attachments" IS obtainable. Perhaps the questions are "How are
> mime attachments coded in the message bdy by TB!, and will a filter pick
> this up?
I don't know if this whole thing of deleting messages with .vbs
attachments is the right approach. It's highly non-specific and the
message body will be gone as well which may contain important material.
We're already relatively safe with not using OE or LookOut.
> Regarding Flagging:
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> Bloat is like cholesterol, it's gotten a bad press and does clog
> arteries but is never-the-less necessary for human metabolism (i.e. cell
> wall and hormone formation, among other functions).
:-) Actually it's /atherosclerosis/ that clogs arteries, the cause of
which is multi-factorial. Excess cholesterol levels is just one of them. I
would say bloat is more like atherosclerosis in that it's never necessary,
it's insidious in build up, and it one day makes the general functioning
and usability of the product poor when it reaches critical mass. :-)))
> Regarding a Wish List:
> I would still like to see a way to edit incoming mail without
> placing it in the outbox first, and possibly a way to add memos to
> the *body* of a message (the memo would be indicated by a small,
> clickable colored box), although I could live without the later if
> much coding (bloat) was involved.
As is, the memo is indicated by text in the memo column of the message
list. Hit <SHIFT><CTRL><I> and your memo appears. :-) Your proposed
implementation is different but not particularly more convenient or
functional. In fact this present implementation is better than a little
simple icon-like indicator the entire memo may be visible in the memo
column and just the first few words of the memo may be all that's needed
at times to identify the message or what the memo is about.
Also, I thought that memos were supposed to reduce the need to edit
incoming messages? In my case it has actually eliminated the need but
that's just me. :-/
> Add an online offline button (for activating / deactivating auto
> downloading - although Tom Fernandez was kind enough to send a code for
> doing that) and an optional virtual folder column so all incoming mail
> could be view together on arrival if desired (or selected via the
> column), and I'd call TB! the ideal, current state of the art mailer.
> (I've already learned to hate to receive html mail for letters, and look
> down on those who use it).
Actually, if you use the mail ticker and double click on it when new
messages arrive, all messages displayed in the ticker are displayed in a
virtual folder. All you have to do is enable the 'folder' column in the
virtual folders message list and you'll see which folder and account each
message belongs to.
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