Re: Newbie questions/comments (Was: Re: [Evolution] Wish list/Todo ?)

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 08:26, Oliver Sturm wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 12:55, Not Zed wrote:
>
> > > Yes! Submit feature requests as bugs with status "enhancement" at
> > > bugzilla.ximian.com
> >
> >  ... after checking it isn't already there.
> >
> > Also separate features into individual reports, not a big one with 10
> > points.
>
> Ok. As I have already compiled a list of things I was wondering about,
> I'll post it here first. Maybe some of the issues are related to the
> fact that I haven't had a close enough look yet. Here goes, in no
> specific order:
>
>         * Insert my signature text without the leading '-- '. I'd like
>           to have my name in the signature text so I don't have to type
>           it all the time, but above the '-- '. I can easily insert it
>           myself, but it duplicates the way it currently is.

I don't understand. It is a standard practice to put "-- \n" and then
start the signature - in fact many mail clients EXPECT this to be the
delimeter or they will not "work" properly. So no, this will not change.

>         * Configure the SMTP server port, especially for SSL. There
>           seems to be no way to use anything but the standard ports. I
>           have an SSL capable server on port 25 and this doesn't seem to
>           be possible currently.

You already can. There's no separate port GtkEntry because you are able
to type it in with the hostname, just like you would in a browser.

mail.myhost.com:995

>         * I'd like to use an external command to send mail, but it's not
>           called sendmail. This cannot currently be configured, can it?

exim/postfix/etc all have sendmail-like arguments so all you have to do
is make a symlink called sendmail and have it point to your
postfix/exim/qmail/whatever program.

if this is not what you mean, then you can always write your own
provider because if it isn't a sendmail clone, then we don't want to
waste our time.

>         * The message preview pane can be hidden/shown with the key Q.
>           Can I also do that with the mouse in some faster way than
>           opening the menue/clicking the menu item? A hot button
>           somewhere?

no, and in fact this has been removed in the development branch, there
are no longer any single-key accelerators because of the new feature in
the message-list that uses them.

>         * Selecting my folders for Drafts and Sent, I can't see (when
>           opening the dialog) which is the current setting. Mine are on
>           an IMAP server and I'm always unsure whether I already set
>           them for an account or not, because the buttons always only
>           say Drafts and Sent.

this is already fixed in the development versions by telling you which
"store" the folder is on. It's a lot more clear than it was in 1.0.x

>         * Selecting my own PGP/GPG key could be easier with a combo box
>           or something.

sure, I guess. might be nice if someone could send me a patch to do this
;-)

>         * In my configuration, when checking someone's PGP signature, I
>           always get a gpg message displayed:

?

Jeff

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Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
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