Hi Joe,
On 01 August 2000 at 18:11:07 GMT -0500 (which was 00:11 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "Colour groups?":
MDP>> That particular message preview window is a cross section of all
MDP>> folders and only contains new messages.
JF> I.e., the messages that are in the "inbox" equal the messages
JF> observed in the message preview window?
Certainly not. Given that my filters have already coloured and
distributed all of my new messages throughout my (rather complex)
folder hierarchy little, if any, new mail actually sits in my inbox.
If it did, I wouldn't need the ticker to gather it all back together
again.
MDP>> It is a virtual folder that doesn't exist anywhere else and
MDP>> cannot be accessed anywhere else other than via the ticker.
MDP>> *That's* why I say I use the ticker virtual folder to manage new
MDP>> mail.
JF> Well, that comment makes it all that much more muddled for me...so I
JF> think I'll let that one pass for awhile, okay?
The comment I made above should clarify *why* it is necessary and that
may reduce the muddle.
JF>>> Is this filtering done under the John Doe/Jane Doe Accounts? Or
JF>>> under each mailbox's individual preferences, e.g., Tom Smith, Mary
JF>>> Smith, Toby Smith, et al.?
MDP>> Each account has its' own Filter set accessible using the Account --
MDP>> Sorting Office / Filters option of the main TB window.
JF> I think we're losing something in the semantics here.
JF> When *I* use the word "Account," I mean the actual e-mail
JF> "Account"(s) of the user. The one with the "@"(s) in front of
JF> them.
JF> Not the "mailboxes" underneath the Accounts.
I don't think you're understanding yourself here <g>. A mailbox is
another word for an account. A folder is just a place to store
received messages within an account (or a mailbox - whatever you want
to call it) - a location for a filter to move things to.
JF> In the example I gave you:
JF> @John Doe
JF> Joe Smith
JF> @John Doe is the name of the user, and the addressee to which all
JF> the incoming mail is addressed.
Right. A mailbox. Or an account. Same thing.
JF> Joe Smith, on the other hand(no "@"), is just a "mailbox" for
JF> placing mail coming from Joe Smith that happens to be addressed to
JF> @John Doe.
That's called a "Folder" not a "mailbox".
JF> So my question again is this:
JF> Is all the filtering for Joe Smith's messages done under the @John
JF> Doe Account? Or is it done under the Joe Smith "account" or
JF> mailbox?
Folders don't have filters. Accounts have filters. Here is how your
account / folder diagram should look:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] the main account
Inbox the account's default folders
People
John Doe more folders at sub-levels to
John Jones better organize things.
Outbox
Sent
Trash
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a second account for JohnSmith
Inbox
etc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jane Doe's account
Inbox
etc.
JF> Now if this try didn't explain it well enough, then I don't know
JF> about you, but *I'm* going to go get drunk and start all over
JF> again tomorrow morning.
:>>)
If you re-read what has been said so far throwing away your
terminological preconceptions and thinking in terms of "Accounts and
Folders" instead of "Accounts and Mailboxes" then you will understand
the prompts, options and settings as seen in the TB dialogs and (FWIW)
help file.
HTH
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Cheers,
.\\arck
Marck D. Pearlstone, Consultant Software Engineer
Moderator TBUDL / TBBETA
www: http://www.silverstones.com
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