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- From: wohler@sapwdf.UUCP (Bill Wohler)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
- Subject: Re: What features would _you_ like in a mailer?
- Message-ID: <4071@sapwdf.UUCP>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 11:15:02 GMT
- References: <pauln.720877298@nuustak>
- Reply-To: Bill Wohler <wohler@sap-ag.de>
- Organization: SAP AG, Walldorf, Germany
- Lines: 33
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- pauln@nuustak.csir.co.za (Paul Nash) writes:
- >However, if there is anyone who
- >has a specially favourite mailer feature (apart from prescience), we would
- >like to know about it, so that we can consider it.
-
- okay, i was thinking of posting a wish list at some point, but now
- you've poked me to do it. sap has a home-grown mailer as well. in
- general, it is slow and doesn't have the features i'm used to in mh
- (mh-e) and basically i hate the thing, but it does have some features that
- are very, very cool. they are:
-
- o messages can have attributes. these include:
- o reply requested, where you can't delete the message until you've
- replied to it;
- o express, where the message pops up to the top of
- the inbox stack and a window pops up notifying its arrival;
- o action, where the message, in addition to being read as a normal
- message, can also be a form with editable and non-editable fields
- (ie. in our bug-reporting system, a form is filled in with
- appropriate information and the target developer receives a mail
- message. the mail message is transformed into a form where the
- priority, status, and notes can be updated. one of the fields is
- the person currently responsible--this can be updated to pass the
- bug report on to another developer.)
- o message annotation. a copy of the message you send is saved and
- is annotated with when and when the recipient has read or performed
- an action on the message.
-
- that's a start. i should find a copy of the manual and be a bit
- more specific.
-
- Bill Wohler <wohler@sap-ag.de> <sapwdf!wohler>
- Heidelberg Red Barons Ultimate Frisbee Team
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