Hello Allie et al TBUDLers,
Sunday, May 07, 2000, 9:58:37 AM, you wrote:
AM> I don't know if this whole thing of deleting messages with .vbs
AM> attachments is the right approach. It's highly non-specific and
AM> the message body will be gone as well which may contain
AM> important material. We're already relatively safe with not using
AM> OE or LookOut.
If it's in your machine and is activated you will become infected.
While you may not disseminate to others, you will lose data. I am
willing to lose messages that come with vbs files attached, since I
can visualize no reasonable context in which I want to receive one.
>> Regarding Flagging:
>> 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).
AM> :-) Actually it's /atherosclerosis/ that clogs arteries, the cause of
AM> which is multi-factorial. Excess cholesterol levels is just one of them.
OK, you're the Dr. Excess cholesterol levels is a major contributing
factor to atherosclerosis, yet minimum levels of cholesterol are
required for survival.
AM> I would say bloat is more like atherosclerosis in that it's
AM> never necessary, it's insidious in build up, and it one day
AM> makes the general functioning and usability of the product poor
AM> when it reaches critical mass. :-)
A lot depends on your basic diet, lifestyle (inc. exercise) and
assumptions - one's general approach to life, living and one's work.
These make one less or more susceptible, along with genetic and
other environmental factors.
>> Regarding a Wish List:
>> I would still like to see a way to edit incoming mail without
>> placing it in the outbox first...
AM> Your proposed implementation is different but not particularly
AM> more convenient or functional.
I have dedicated a three character wide space for my memo column,
which I use only to indicate the presence of a memo and it's
importance. Being more or less convenient or functional may be user
dependent.
AM> In fact this present implementation is better than a little
AM> simple icon-like indicator the entire memo may be visible in the
AM> memo column and just the first few words of the memo may be all
AM> that's needed at times to identify the message or what the memo
AM> is about.
Too wide for my needs.
AM> Also, I thought that memos were supposed to reduce the need to edit
AM> incoming messages? In my case it has actually eliminated the need but
AM> that's just me. :-/
They can already be edited, but not via a simple command. It's a
matter of integrating existing functions.
>> Add an online offline button (for activating / deactivating auto
>> downloading -
AM> Actually, if you use the mail ticker and double click on it when
AM> new messages arrive, all messages displayed in the ticker are
AM> displayed in a virtual folder.
The ticker does not suit my needs since most or many messages are
never read. If it were possible to program the ticker so that it
showed only messages that arrived within a given time frame, then it
would be useful to me. As is, I can either turn it off for all
folders or cuss the hell out of it when I'm forced to wait until it
counts the thousands of unread messages that have accumulated in TB!
since September of '99, when it's activated unintentionally.
There is no one way to use email, and by sharing ideas we help both
each other and the developers chart a map good for most who share
our needs and general orientation.
I'm not a MD. or a programmer, but I never-the-less take personal
responsibility for both my health and my email correspondence. I use
TB! for the latter, and when I need cholestectomy performed I'll
look up Allie in Jamaica.
Douglas
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