[11727] in Athena Bugs
Suggestions for Windows TechMail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jdhinter@MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 9 23:01:29 1994
To: bugs@MIT.EDU, macg-resnet@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 23:01:26
From: jdhinter@MIT.EDU
TechMail is a useful programs, but there are a couple of minor things about
it which I find annoying. If this list can be passed on to the people who
are in charge of upgrades for TechMail, I would greatly appreciate it.
With all of these suggestions, they could either be implemented as standard
or made into user preferences. I feel, however, that these minor
improvements, if offered, would greatly enhance TechMail.
1) The primary inbox for the system should come up on first running
TechMail. I only use one inbox, and it really should come up
automatically.
2) The primary "address book" file for aliased usernames should come up on
first running TechMail. I only use one "address book" file, and I am
liable to forget to load it in before I try to use it, resulting in
possible errors when I attempt to send mail.
3) If TechMail is still running when I exit Windows, everything I have
done during that session (i.e. marked things as read, marked things for
deletion, etc.) is ignored. When TechMail is run again, all mail from the
previous session is listed as unread. This does not occur if I remember
to select "commit" (ALT-M C). This could probably be fixed by just having
the program shut down before leaving Windows, like many other Windows
programs do.
I am presently using the new version of TechMail (version 1.01). If there
is a way to implement any of these suggestions in this version, please let
me know. Thank you.
Jason Hintersteiner
