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

["Sankar P" <psankar novell com>]

On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 21:34 -0400, Dinbandhu wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 21:11 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>
> > I would support a facility for annotations (or memos if you prefer) as
> > long as it can be done in a cross-platform way.
> >
> > However in a larger sense, this kind of discussion illustrates that the
> > traditional view of email is coming under strain. For many people, their
> > email store is where they conveniently keep and index all kinds of
> > random information, and I think MUAs are falling behind in supporting
> > this usefully. Time to invent Email-2.0?
>
> I would like to know, do most other modern e-mail programs offer this
> facility of editing in-coming mail, or not? Linux-based, Windows-based,
> Mac-based-- whatever it may be, what is the current norm among most
> e-mail programs? Does Thunderbird offer it, does Outlook offer it, does
> Eudora offer it?

Hrm. I missed the thread.

Understand that, Not all servers/protocols allow to modify the contents
of a mail. So as poc mentioned in his mail, if the protocol (IMAP) does
not support it, no IMAP client can support it, with changes synced to
server.

> Since my ancient Eudora software dating back to 1997 offers it, I
> presumed that other, more current software must as well. What is the
> usual facility in other current programs in this regard?

Did your mail-client software offered a way by which you can sync-up
these changes to the server ? If so, have you ever ensured that the
edited mail is same as the one that you received in the first place ?

It will be done in Evolution in a way by which you can create notes on
Evolution side (will not be synced to server) and will be associated to
the mail. Whenever the mail is opened, the associated-data will also be
displayed. 

> - Swarup
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