On Wednesday, October 18, 2000, 10:23:02 PM, Nick wrote:
>> IOW's, I agree with Marck that it's not a bug but only TB! doing
>> as the user instructs.
> Alright, I'll agree that it may not be a 'bug', but this is a case
> where TB! *is* assuming what the User wants, simply by the way it
> handles MailTo's in two different circumstances. If TB! treated
> message MailTo's the same way it handles external one's, this
> whole discussion wouldn't be necessary, and Users could use Folder
> Templates free from worry and concern. :o)
I don't think TB is assuming anything. It's just a matter of
programming logic. You may think it's more logical for TB to handle
internal and external MailTo links equally, others may want TB to
handle folder templates equally (regardless the new message is
generated by a mailto link or by pressing Ctrl-N).
Who in his/her right mind would want that. Well, plenty! The
conflict between a mailto link and a folder template exist only when
the %TO macro is used in the template, which is not always the case.
Tones of other things could be in the template, and the user wants
them applied.
I'm constantly amused by how we expect TB to do things in a certain
way without thinking how others might want it differently, and how
on earth TB could distinguish them from us. :)
Given the frequency such mistake is made, however, I think it would
be a good idea for RIT to address it with an additional option
(something like "don't use folder template when clicking a mailto
link"). Ehhhhh, does it have to be a per-folder setting? :)
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Best regards,
Ming-Li
The Bat! 1.47 Beta/7 | Win2k SP1
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