Re: [Evolution] Edit an existing email?

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Thu, 2015-03-12 at 17:08 +0400, Emre Erenoglu wrote:
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 4:06 AM, Bart Hollis <bart conures us> wrote:
> > I guess I don't understand.  I sure wouldn't want you to be able to
> > modify a message I sent to you and claim it was my message!  And, if
> > it was your message originally, you obviously wouldn't be able to 
> > change it once it's on my machine!  (Yay POP!)  So, why would you 
> > want to change a message after the fact?
> I think this is a legitimate request for usability. I also sometimes
> find myself in corporate emailing to put some thoughts or notes onto 
> emails that came from others, and I want this note to be available 
> in all my clients.  Else I find myself putting such notes elsewhere, 
> without a proper hard link to that email message.

I understand the workflow.  I would recommend you use the "Create a
Task" or "Create a Memo" options - this is pretty much what they are
for.  That copies the e-mail to a task or memo to which you can perform
a variety of operations.  Memos are great, and overlooked.

> If you need your email to be secure, you can sign it. The topic of 
> such request, in my understanding, is not counterfeiting,

Yea, but you don't work this users.  Users will get *very* confused by
this, I guarantee it.  They will edit an e-mail, read it later, and
think that was the contents - unless the edit is *very* clearly distinct
from the message.  I guarantee it.

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Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam whitemice org> GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA