Subj : Re: Thanks!
To   : GREG SEARS
From : WILLIAM MCBRINE
Date : Thu Oct 17 2002 06:21 am

This is a very old message I'm replying to, but I don't think I ever saw it
on Comm Port. I just DLed a bunch of old messages from Fonix and ran across
it:

-=> GREG SEARS wrote to WILLIAM MCBRINE <=-

 WM> The address book was always doing the things an address book is meant
 WM> to do. It's just that now, it also does the thing you wanted it to do.
 WM> :-) For whatever reason you wanted that...

 GS> G-day William Mcbrine,

(That's "McBrine", BTW -- capital 'B'. If you see it as "Mcbrine", that's
the door or BBS mangling it.)

 GS> the addressbook now enters addresses in all areas of the readers areas
 GS> not just net-mail, helping with operating without the operator having
 GS> to remember all the many people's name in FIDO, Justa, Mirage nets! etc

Yes, but what I don't understand is where that issue comes up. Maybe it's
just me, but as far as I can recall, every _public_ message I've ever
written was either addressed to "ALL", or was a reply (addressed
automatically). And private, networked messages were already covered by the
old functionality -- at least for FTN and Internet. Private, local messages
might benefit, I guess; or indeed, any private message in a QWK packet (for
example), where the Fido Netmail flag isn't supported.

Also, netmail and email addresses are much harder to remember than names.  
That's why they need to be recorded. Names are easy. ;-)

 GS> After looking in the *.doc files I failed to locate the 
 GS> ~key-combination~ to steal<add> an address from a message in the FIDO, 
 GS> or Justa, or Mirage net areas to the new & improved address book?

First you pull up the address book ('A'), then you grab the address with
'L'. This works for Fido areas, anyway; I'm not familiar with Justa or
Mirage. If they use FTN addressing, they should work. If not... well, I
suppose a more generic address grabber would make sense, to go along with
the more generic address injector. I'll look into that.

.... A computer cuts your work in half and gives you back the bloody ends.
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