Re: More questions about T-bird (was Re: Problem with T-bird (was ...))
On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 08:19:05PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Write the script once, add pithy little sayings to the data file as
> > you find/hear them. Doesn't take much time...
>
> Which means what I said should tell you exactly how much importance I
> place on such a little thing. I mean, c'mon, most email clients in use on
> this list today hide the signature so most people aren't going to see them
> anyway. Did *you* notice when I changed my signature (the first time in
> almost 10 years)? Do you know what it was before? Could you recognize where
> either saying came from?
A smart mail client shouldn't hide parts of the message unless you tell
it to, it should show you everything it can, and tell you what it can't
(with an option to set up an external handler).
Last place I heard the recent one was in an Evanescence song, though I'm
young so it probably well predates that.
> > But now I've got to do this for *every* folder????? Yech.
>
> Yeah, I wouldn't mind a way to do some settings en masse when it comes to
> folders (like turning on threading, new mail checks) but since it's generally
> once once per install it's a minor inconvenience at best. At least it does
> inherit a lot of settings from the account itself which puts it head and
> shoulders above mutt.
At least when I change such a setting in mutt it assumes I want it
global unless I specifically tell it otherwise, which I can do per
folder(s) :)
--
Christopher Nelson -- chris@cavein.org
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