Re: [Evolution] How to write in letters that have come in the In-Box

[Dinbandhu <dinbandhu sprynet com>]

Dear George,
I think your idea is great. I do not have anything to add. 

Your proposal is quite well thought out and well-worded. 

How can we make it happen?

Dinbandhu



On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 14:14 -0400, George Reeke wrote:
> Dear Dinbandhu (and list),
>    I brought up this same subject on this list a couple of years ago.
> I was told that this will never be put in evolution.  It seems the
> developers have (had at that time?) a strong moral stance that one
> should not be able to edit incoming mail, but only preserve an exact
> copy of it.  You can't even delete unwanted attachments easily.
> I surmise that this is because in certain corporate contexts, one
> might need unaltered copies for legal purposes.
>    I consider that this position is ridiculous, because anybody
> who wants to alter an incoming email can do so with a text editor.
> So it is just a matter of convenience, not of principle.  Those
> of us who would like to write notes to ourselves, who are not
> concerned with legal issues, should be able to do so.
>    The proposal I made at the time, which I hoped would satisfy
> both kinds of users, was ignored.  Let me suggest it again; I still
> think it is a good idea:  Why not have a configuration option in
> evolution that could be changed only by the root user (at install
> time) that would either allow or disallow the editing of incoming
> mails?  That way, those of us who administer our own systems could
> have this feature if we want it; those in organizations where
> software is centrally administered could be duly deprived of it.
>    Naturally, this would apply to mail downloaded via POP3; I have
> no idea whether it is workable with IMAP.
>    Any more discussion?
> George Reeke, Ph.D.
> Laboratory of Biological Modelling
> The Rockefeller University
> 1230 York Avenue
> New York, NY  10021
> email:  reeke rockefeller edu
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 09:52 -0400, Dinbandhu wrote:
> > If someone could reply on this below point I would be very grateful. It
> > really has a lot of value and I need to know how to do it. Thanks!
> >
> > ------------------
> >
> > Is there a way in Evolution to write notes for myself in letters that
> > others have written to me? 
> >
> > That is, letters that have come in to my in-box, can I write comments to
> > myself in them? For example, say someone has written a letter to me in
> > Spanish or some other language which is not my own. If there is a word
> > in their letter which I do not know and I look it up in the dictionary,
> > can I then write that definition into their letter as a note to myself?
> > That way, whenever I re-open their letter in the future to read it, I
> > will be able to see that I looked up the word and wrote its meaning
> > right there in the letter.
> >
> > So obviously, I do not refer to when one click's on "reply" to the
> > letter. But rather, being able to write right inside their letter
> > itself.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Swarup
> >
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