Re: [Evolution-hackers] Post-to header implementation

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 05:33, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 10:01, Not Zed wrote: 
> > Hey Toumas,
> > 
> > Do you have any thoughts on this as for the ui (i.e. is this change ok)?
> > Dan?  Does this affect posting to public folders in exchange?
> > 
> >  Michael
> > 
> > On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 03:01 +0100, Meilof wrote:
> > > Hello
> > > 
> > > For my NNTP patch, I have, per request, done some changes in the Post-To 
> > > header for the composer.
> > > 
> > > I changed the current folder selection button into a normal entry with a 
> > > button to the left of it which brings up the folder tree selector. 
> > > Though I cannot submit a patch at the moment (other PC), I would like to 
> > > have some comments on the way I implemented it:
> 
> So it is like this?
> 
> Post To: [ Add folder ] [ alt.support.gnome.recovery,
> saved-news-postings      ]

My vision was for the Post-To label to become a button like the To/Cc
buttons

> 
> So the "Add folder" can be used several times to add stuff?

this would be my preference...

> 
> Could it autocomplete from the newsgroup list and folders? That would
> be awesome. Otherwise it looks nice.

I think this would be too much to expect from Meilof for Monday :-)

>  
> 
> Btw, I wonder if there would need to be a clearer way to select the
> news server than via the "news account".. How does it show up btw? You
> are likely going to have the same email address on both, so does it
> show up somehow differently in the From: -list?

the way the From list in the composer works right now is that if 2
accounts have the same email address, the label in the menu becomes the
name of the account alongside the email address (or something like
that). eg. it makes sure to show you there is a difference between the 2
options.

>  Or does the "Post message" composer show only news-and-connector
> accounts?

no, doesn't do this... Post-To can actually be used to post a message
into a local or IMAP folder too (not that anyone else is likely to see
it, but they might if the imap folder is shared for example).

> 
> Also, is it a bad idea to have also the Cc: field viewable through the
> View-menu? I think some apps allow you to cc: a mail account while
> sending to newsgroups? I dont know if that is crack though, is it a
> good ide?

the current code can't handle sending to both a folder and an address,
but I think to make people happy, evolution will have to handle sending
to both.

Jeff

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Jeffrey Stedfast
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