Re: [Evolution] Removing from (smtp) server and linewrap

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 20:23, Ron Palmer wrote:
> Jeff,
> (off mailing list as I have made a mess of which email account I
> registered with and jumping between email identities locally, sorry.
> Just bounce it back to me if you reccon this is not an appropriate way 
> and I will  delay this until I have sorted out my email addresses...)

It would be more appropriate to send to the list, but ah well. I'll just
cc the list so future discussion can be there.

> Greetings from Melbourne, Australia,
> I have a question and a suggestion re Evolution.
>
> I installed OpenOffice (free version of StarOffice) after I installed
> Evo. Is there a way of having the option of OpenOffice the editor to
> open attachments in? As is now, I am offered only Abiword or save to
> disk.

This is supposed toJust Work (tm) as far as I know, assuming you have
the File Types capplet in the GNOME Control Center configured correctly
of course. (don't ask me how, I don't know).

> Secondly, another area Evolution can get ahead of its competitors, and
> particularly M$ Outlook, is in the area of tracking completed tasks. 
>
> I normally have a pile of actions/tasks as well as a few appointments on
> a daily basis. I am frequently going back to see what I did certain
> days. I would be really useful if tasks completed would stay visible, as
> completed (strike-out), on the day/date it was completed. Thus, if one
> looked up a
> certain date, appointments are, as before, presented and so are
> completed tasks.

This isn't my area of expertise so I can't answer this.

> Wrt tasks lasting longer times (and the issue of start date vs ending
> date) I tend to use an appointment for longer tasks (tasks requiring
> both starting and ending date to be registered). Outlook and others have
> made a mess of this, just dispatching them after completion.
>
> Please let me know if the latter is feasible, but perhaps in another way
> than I have approached it...

I have no idea, I don't have on the Calendar component.

Since this is being cc'd to evolution ximian com, maybe someone else
will be able to help you.

Jeff

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Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>