Re: [Evolution] "Why I hate Outlook"

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj stampede org>]

I'm not sure your spell check idea would be a good one, I mean, it sounds
great on "paper" but it may get to be really annoying.
Of course, depends on how it's implemented I suppose...

but what if (to use your example), you *wanted* to email someone at
conell.edu? (maybe it's a valid site, unlikely but lets say for arguments
sake that it is)

then what? you gotta get prompted by the program or else it automatically
changes it (depending on implementation and/or configuration)
at best it's annoying, at worst it sends the email to the wrong person
(sends to person at cornell.edu instad of that person at conell.edu)

Jeff

On Thu, 4 May 2000, John wrote:
> Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 22:00:31 -0400
> To: evolution helixcode com
> From: John <jsk29 cornell edu>
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] "Why I hate Outlook"
>
> On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 07:28:59PM -0400, Aaron Weber wrote:
> ....
> > User Comments I have heard On Outlook and Outlook Express:
> >
> > If you don't type in the exact nickname, it "gueses"
> > based on your address book.  Although the option comes up on the screen
> > it's
> > easy to not notice and thus you can send something to the wrong
> address.
>
> While I wouldn't be a big fan of "guessing" the correct email address...
>
> One thing that has crossed my mind is an email address "spell checker."
> When I type in email addresses, it would compare the userids and
> hostnames
> to ones in my addressbook, folders, etc.
>
> The idea would be for it to notice when I type "conell.edu" rather than
> "cornell.edu" in an long list of cc address, for instance.  It would
> pop up a little window saying, "Are you sure you want to send this to
> conell.edu, or did you mean... <list of alternatives>?"
>
> Has anyone noticed a mailer that does something like this?
>
> Maybe it's a useful feature, maybe it's just bloating the mailer. :)
>
> John
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