Re: WISH: An attachment reminder - Good idea!

[Jack Coates <jack monkeynoodle org>]

this part I like -- the auto-recognition of terms like attach, file,
etc.

-- 
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner!

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, urgrue wrote:

> Personally i think the idea is a bit silly, though potentially useful to
> some. certainly no harm.
>
> since we're being snazzy, i think the snazziest way to do it would be for
> the reminder to pick up on a key phrase inserted into the text. this should
> be configurable. for example i could configure my keyword to be XXX, then i
> could type: "im attaching a file for you XXX that explains..."
> the reminder would pick up on this and then remind me when im about to
> send. this is the least hassle, imho, when typing, and many people
> regularly use similar methods to "mark" email, documents, etc. built-in
> recognition of it would be nifty.
>
> all pretty useless, but snazzy.
>
> fred
>
>
> > > > So my idea is to create an "attachment reminder". While writing a
> > mail
> > > > to which you want to attach something, you click, e.g. "activate
> > > > attachment reminder". Before sending, balsa would ask something like,
> > > > "Have you really attached all your attachments ?"
> > > >
> > > > Please tell me what you think about it, and whether or not you know a
> > > > program which already provides this feature.
> > >
> > > If you remember to click the 'activate reminder button' you might as
> > well
> > > click the 'attach file' button instead and just save a few clicks
> > > altogether.
> > > Instead of 'activate reminder' -> 'attach file' you just do the 'attach
> > > file' in a single step.
> > >
> >
> > I think Michael Duelli's idea is good. It happends to me too that I
> > forget
> > to
> > attach files that I mentioned in my letter. Mostly that happends when I
> > have
> > to find them on my harddrive or rename them, or compress them, or for
> > example
> > I tell I person: "I send you some photos I took at that party/vacation"
> > and
> >
> > then I have to select which photos to attach and give them good
> > describning
> >
> > names. And most of the time I havn't done that when I start to write a
> > mail,
> > then it would be nice if there was a "attachment reminder box" under
> > "CC:"
> > or
> > something like that that I can check in when I write the letter and if I
> > press "Send" balsa asks me if I attached all files.
> > Like this:
> >
> > To :     [bestfriend@friendswork.com     ]
> > Subject: [Holiday photos                 ]
> > CC:      [                               ]
> > Attachment reminder: [X]
> > ---
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >  Jonas
> >
> >
> >
> >
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