Re: [Evolution] Well done !! - Suggestions and questions ..

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj helixcode com>]

[comments below...]

On 30 Oct 2000, Uwe Dippel wrote:
> Firstly, congratulations to Evo 0.6! Here it installed (upgraded)
> without problem (RH6.2).
> It starts to work like a charm! - Some time ago I complained about IMAP
> connectivity to our Exchange server; now this is completely solved. I
> don't need the 'tank' of StarOffice any longer to handle my mails.
> Evolution is much more elegant and fast ...! and almost stable... .

Thanks!

> On the other hand, it seems that now the wish list should be re-opened.
> Somehow it is now weaker on useability. Or is it a problem on my machine
> only, that there are almost no right-clicks available; no copy and
> paste? I made a mistake and lost several mails 'undeliverable' back in
> my inbox and couldn't figure out any fast, logical and intuitive way to
> resend them. No copy of the text possible, only double-click and forward

Right-click menus will be coming back, it seems some were turned off for
some reason or another - but I can assure you they will be back and
(hopefully) better than ever ;-)

> .... 
> .... is it intended not to display the e-mail addresses as hyperlinks, so
> that clicking just opens another 'Compose'?
> .... and this *is* a requirement here: filtering (of the subject) *must*
> be more variable; not only 'contain-does not contain', but definitely
> 'starts with' - 'ends with' as alternatives. I know, that Exchange is
> weak on this. Therefore I still need Netscape to achieve some of this
> job for me.

I just coded "is", "starts with", "ends with", "exists" and a few others,
so I think that this problem should be solved for ya ;-)

> It is *very* different to tell a student or a client to start the
> subject with an indicator (and automatically move the message) or moving
> *any* message that eventually contains the same string.

Jeff