Re: [Evolution] Bounce/remail command

[Ken Scott <kscott-list pcisys net>]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Dan Winship wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Here's what Evolution does/will do:

[snip]

> There will be a "resend/bounce/remail" command. While "Resend" is the
> RFC-appropriate name for this operation, it may be worthwhile to come
> up with a name which more clearly states its intended purpose.
> ("Bounce" is no good: it implies "return to sender".) Regardless, the
> command will not be placed in an easy-to-find location. I think
> probably when you resend something, it will appear in the composer
> read-only, and all you can do is enter recipients. (I haven't seen
> anyone make a plausible argument for the use of "resend" that involved
> editting the message, and doing it this way also makes it harder for
> confused people to try to use it when they mean something else.)

Maybe an appropriate name for this action would be "redirect", since you
are basically just changing where the message was sent (like walking snail
mail over to the neighbor's after it lands in your box) 

Ken

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