Hello Martin,

What's the trick to view sent netmail messages?


../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.37
* Origin: /|ug's Point, ONT, CANADA (2:221/1.58)

Hello August!

On 09.04.19 at 21:13, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

What's the trick to view sent netmail messages?

Press <Tab> from OpenXP's main screen to bring up the addressbook.
Cursoring over any of the "Contacts" and pressing <Enter> will
display all messages which you've written to each particular
"Contact".

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin!

** 10.04.19 - 13:50, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

What's the trick to view sent netmail messages?

Press <Tab> from OpenXP's main screen to bring up the addressbook. Cursoring over any of the "Contacts" and pressing <Enter> will
display all messages which you've written to each particular
"Contact".

There's that magical <Tab> key again!

Works great. Thank you.


It reminds when a "right-click" seemed be the magical key to open special options in a Windows menu.


../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: /|ug's Point, ONT, CANADA (2:221/1.58)

Hello August!

On 10.04.19 at 21:57, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

What's the trick to view sent netmail messages?

Press <Tab> from OpenXP's main screen to bring up the addressbook.
Cursoring over any of the "Contacts" and pressing <Enter> will
display all messages which you've written to each particular
"Contact".

There's that magical <Tab> key again!

Works great. Thank you.

IMO, it would be much better if there was a "Sent netmail" folder as
well, so that *all* sent netmails could be viewed from the one folder.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:240/2188.31)

Hello Martin!

** 11.04.19 - 13:15, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

Press <Tab> from OpenXP's main screen to bring up the addressbook.
Cursoring over any of the "Contacts" and pressing <Enter> will
display all messages which you've written to each particular
"Contact".

IMO, it would be much better if there was a "Sent netmail" folder as
well, so that *all* sent netmails could be viewed from the one folder.

Yes... it's hard to get used to hitting tab just to get the "netmail sent" area. OpenXP calls it the "User area" as per:

� �
� <Tab> Switches between message area and �
� User display. �


You're calling it the Address-book?

After the first TAB, to get the User display, and then when I press (b)
for Address-book, this happens:

OpenXP Re-Org Message Netcall Fido Edit Config Tools ?
*A*ll S*o*rt *W*rite T*e*xt B*i*nary *S*pecial See*k* Address-*b*ook *P*W ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���
� Areafix@2:221/1
� * August Abolins@2:221/1.58
� August Abolins@2:221/360
� mark lewis@1:3634/12.73
� Tommi Koivula@2:221/1


�� Error ������������������������������������������Ŀ
� �
� There are still mails in this user's newsgroup! �
� �
�����������������������������������������������������

..with *every* name I select. I guess I don't understand what Address-
book is supposed to do.


And.. the above list is only by name. A complete list by Subject would be nicer.


../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: /|ug's Point, ONT, CANADA (2:221/1.58)

Hello August!

On 11.04.19 at 21:47, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

Press <Tab> from OpenXP's main screen to bring up the addressbook.
Cursoring over any of the "Contacts" and pressing <Enter> will
display all messages which you've written to each particular
"Contact".

IMO, it would be much better if there was a "Sent netmail" folder as
well, so that *all* sent netmails could be viewed from the one folder.

Yes... it's hard to get used to hitting tab just to get the "netmail
sent" area. OpenXP calls it the "User area" as per:

� �
� <Tab> Switches between message area and �
� User display. �

Yes it does and that's an item which has needed changing for many
years but to actually do what appears to be a simple task, is actually
a monumental task. I set about doing it yonks ago and gave up out of
sheer frustration :(

You're calling it the Address-book?

Yes, that's what it is :)

After the first TAB, to get the User display, and then when I press (b) for Address-book, this happens:

OpenXP Re-Org Message Netcall Fido Edit Config Tools ?
*A*ll S*o*rt *W*rite T*e*xt B*i*nary *S*pecial See*k* Address-*b*ook *P*W

������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���

� Areafix@2:221/1
� * August Abolins@2:221/1.58
� August Abolins@2:221/360
� mark lewis@1:3634/12.73
� Tommi Koivula@2:221/1

�� Error ������������������������������������������Ŀ
� �
� There are still mails in this user's newsgroup! �
� �
�����������������������������������������������������

..with *every* name I select. I guess I don't understand what Address- book is supposed to do.

Amongst other things, the Addressbook is a list of Contacts to whom
you've sent mail. The messages which you've sent to each Contact are
stored in the messagebase/database, that's why you can see them when
you press <Enter> over a Contact. However, pressing "b" over a Contact toggles the Contact out of the Addressbook but XP won't let you do
that if there are still messages "attached" to the Contact. You need
to delete/kill the messages first and then press "b" to toggle the
Contact out of the Addressbook. In the context of an Addressbook, that doesn't make sense and IMO this feature was very poorly designed.

And.. the above list is only by name. A complete list by Subject would
be nicer.

Yes and that's why I suggested a "Sent Netmail" folder would have been
a far better idea.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:240/2188.31)

Hello Martin!

** 13.04.19 - 12:06, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

Amongst other things, the Addressbook is a list of Contacts to whom
you've sent mail. The messages which you've sent to each Contact are
stored in the messagebase/database, that's why you can see them when
you press <Enter> over a Contact. However, pressing "b" over a Contact toggles the Contact out of the Addressbook but XP won't let you do
that if there are still messages "attached" to the Contact. You need
to delete/kill the messages first and then press "b" to toggle the
Contact out of the Addressbook.

Yes, makes no sense to *not* be able to clean up the address book even if there are messages saved with that address. We really don't need just the address when the saved message has it.



../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: /|ug's Point, ONT, CANADA (2:221/1.58)