Re: [Evolution] opening messages in the Outbox

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 17:10, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 20:06, Tim Lee wrote:
> > I was wondering why when you open a message in Evolution's Outbox,
> > Evolution actually creates a new copy of the message for you to edit.
> > This behavior seems a little counter intuitive, I was expecting
> > Evolution to open the original message. This behavior may not be a
> > problem in the Drafts folder [..]
>
> Actually, I found it to be counter intuitive even in the Drafts folder,
> but it is only my opinion. In any case, it is a safe behavior because it
> prevents overwriting, so one may think twice before altering it. Maybe
> add a "what to do after editing a message" option defaulting on "save as
> a copy, don't touch the old version" and switchable to "overwrite the
> old version".
>
> Or maybe something more in line with the current "composer" tab of the
> "mail settings" dialog : a "save a copy of an edited message" checkbox
> defaulting on the checked state.

You can only append to mail folders, you can't edit data in place.  This
is forced upon us by the way mail works.