alex@dutirt1.tudelft.nl (Alexander Vonk) (10/11/89)
Just an idea: I receive or send mail to my friend Matthijs a lot. His address is specified as alias 'matthijs', because his mail address is 'b35@dhdurz1.bitnet' and that's to much to remember for me. When I want to save this mail using ELM 2.2 PL11 the default save folder pops up as '=b35', while I want to save this mail in archive '=matthijs'. Is it possible to specify default save folders in an aliases-like way, like usage of the aliases database to come up with a more user friendly name than the userid in the mail address itself? By the way: I have been using ELM for about 3 months and I am very pleased with ELM. +++ +++ +++ Alexander Vonk +++ +++ Technical Univ. Delft, Delft, Netherlands +++ +++ Phone: (Netherlands) 015 - 78 64 12 +++
mike@cochise (10/26/89)
alex@dutirt1.tudelft.nl (Alexander Vonk) writes:
->Just an idea:
->I receive or send mail to my friend Matthijs a lot. His address is specified
->as alias 'matthijs', because his mail address is 'b35@dhdurz1.bitnet' and
->that's to much to remember for me. When I want to save this mail using
->ELM 2.2 PL11 the default save folder pops up as '=b35', while I want to
->save this mail in archive '=matthijs'.
->Is it possible to specify default save folders in an aliases-like way,
->like usage of the aliases database to come up with a more user friendly
->name than the userid in the mail address itself?
I had the same (a similar ;-) problem a while ago and found a
solution (thanks to some of the wizards out there!-):
set up links from (using your example) =b35 to =matthijs. BUT:
these have to be soft (i.e. symbolic) links, as ELM will destroy
haalex@dutirt2.tudelft.nl (Alexander Vonk) (10/27/89)
mike@cochise writes: >alex@dutirt1.tudelft.nl (Alexander Vonk) writes: >->Just an idea: >->I receive or send mail to my friend Matthijs a lot. His address is specified >->as alias 'matthijs', because his mail address is 'b35@dhdurz1.bitnet' and >->that's to much to remember for me. When I want to save this mail using >->ELM 2.2 PL11 the default save folder pops up as '=b35', while I want to >->save this mail in archive '=matthijs'. >->Is it possible to specify default save folders in an aliases-like way, >->like usage of the aliases database to come up with a more user friendly >->name than the userid in the mail address itself? >I had the same (a similar ;-) problem a while ago and found a >solution (thanks to some of the wizards out there!-): >set up links from (using your example) =b35 to =matthijs. BUT: >these have to be soft (i.e. symbolic) links, as ELM will destroy >ha Yes, I thought of that too. But it doubles the number of files in my mail directory. And what about mail sent to groups I want to have in one mail folder? +++ Alexander Vonk - Technical Univ. Delft, Netherlands +++ +++Phone: (NL) 015 - 78 64 12 (world) 31 15 78 64 12 +++ +++Mail: alex@dutirt2.tudelft.nl or alex@dutirt2.UUCP +++
henkp@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl (Henk P. Penning) (10/27/89)
In article <1114@pcsbst.UUCP>, mike@cochise writes: > alex@dutirt1.tudelft.nl (Alexander Vonk) writes: > ->Just an idea: > ->Is it possible to specify default save folders in an aliases-like way, > set up links from (using your example) =b35 to =matthijs. BUT: > these have to be soft (i.e. symbolic) links, as ELM will destroy > ha This solution is not practical if you mail a lot with different users who all have the same username (jan piet henk). It would be wonderful if the alias file contained a new aka (also known as) field per alias, containing many names and addresses which could be used for mapping addresses or full names found in From: lines to an alias. Ambiguity can occur but Elm could present us with a choice and a default as in other situations. Mail from people for whom I have an alias and who occur in a group-alias could be saved either in the individual mailbox or in the group mailbox. I hope this feature makes it someday. It is the only facility I realy miss. -- Henk P. Penning, Dept of Computer Science, University of Utrecht. Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31-30-534106 e-mail : henkp@cs.ruu.nl (uucp to hp4nl!ruuinf!henkp)