Hello Laura, On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 07:30:55 -0700 GMT (04/10/02, 21:30 +0700 GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
JN>> Perhaps the issue is really whether TB! should embrace a JN>> development priority that the program should function as a JN>> good archive database. I'm not convinced yet that it should, JN>> but I'd like to hear what others think. awc> if the architecture for the user interface was database driven awc> then the user could choose whichever view of the data they want awc> via filtering and/or selecting sorting. (As I am not awc> technical as to TB!'s back end, perhaps a Database is used, if I awc> am wrong in my assumption, please advise!) The *.tbb files are databases, which are indexed. The corresponding index files are the *.tbi files. I for one don't see a problem in an email program also being able to take care of mail archives. I think this would be an enhancement. However, I don't know whether TB's databases can handle several indices. awc> it seems like mail applications could significantly benefit from awc> creative use of the front end and provide the best of both awc> worlds. In addition, indexed searching would be a logical awc> extension of that. I agree. I hear the IMAP people and other parties yell that there are more important things. Well OK. I don't use IMAP, and so everybody has his own priorities. ;-) awc> having yet another application to manage "archived" email is NOT awc> what i'm looking for. All the "Purists" that think this is for awc> mail and nothing else You could counter than an email archive is for email. What do we do with email after we receive it? 1: read it. 2: (maybe) reply to it. 3: keep it. Most of the "life time" of an email is in number 3, unless deleted, in which case the question of archive handling is irrelevant. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Ist es nicht merkwuerdig, dass jeden Tag gerade so viel passiert, wie in die Zeitung passt? Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta1 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
