Hello Dierk, On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, at 09:35:40 [GMT +0200] (which was 3:35:40 AM in NY, USA) Dierk Haasis wrote:
> Wrong. I do change occasionally the subject line *in conversation*. > That is, I assign a meaningful/changed subject line to a reply. I am > very particular when it comes to vital communication and *don't want > anybody to change my mails* (this is for all of you that don't think > international Copyright doesn't hold if authors don't expressly forbid > to do anything). Ah yes, Copyright law...the great obstacle to progress. I won't get into that too much because I respect your intelligence and contribution to the Internet Community at large. And I realize I won't change your mind no matter how persuasive my argument. The bottom line from my end is that I have absolutely no intention of taking credit away from anyone, I simply want to organize their shared information in a way that better suits the way I work...keyword being work. >> More often than that, I get replies to messages from me about one >> topic but containing an entirely new topic. With input from many >> different sources at different times, date and time is essential to >> keep the original flow of the topic. Folders can only carry you so >> far. > That shows you why at least some RFCs aren't that bad. And it shows > that the list rules do make more sense than just cater to the egos of > the moderators. Indeed. But your response shows how much of the point you are missing. I'm not concerned with lists in this topic but rather ongoing business discussions. I realize this is going to make you and others upset but it needs to be said. The purpose of this "wish" is for business purposes or at least things vital to someone's purpose with email. Many people wishing to use TB for business came from Outlook. And of course they are used to some of the more practical features of Outlook...many of those that TB doesn't have. And while those rushing to the aid of TB can claim every high-brow artistic excuse they can muster, the fact remains that TB is missing many business type features. As such, it is very difficult to train (or even consider training) an office to do the things they need to do with TB that they did so "easily" with Outlook. This wish is just one of those features and admittedly not a major one. [bracing for flames] Outlook did have the option of marking any editing done by the recipient. I used this feature often. And if I am not mistaken, it also retained the original subject header but simply gave it some type of alias for organizational purposes. I may be mistaken but I seem to recall this as an annoyance because if I replied to a message who'd subject I edited (I filtered my replies to the same folders) I'd see my own message with the original subject soon thereafter. If any program has the ability to keep track of all edits, it's TB. It could insert <edited by JTS> in the message body, it could list the original subject and message id. There's simply no reason not to have this feature available. And I'd hate to see it's consideration blocked because someone fears the possibility of their email message being altered. >> I have used this method in the past minus the import part as I >> was just archiving. But good call just the same. > What you actually should do - for archiving purposes - is to export > the mails completely into a text file, make some clearly > distinguishable annotations and save them. Within TB! you use the Memo > feature which can help a lot. I do Dierk. And if I could only run a second copy of TB, I could import these back to that copy at will for searching. -- Best regards, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stamp-co.com The Bat! v.1.62/Beta1 Windows XP build 2600 AMD Athlon 1Ghz 1.0 Gb RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
