Re: [Evolution] one request or two but how about the reply function?

[tony lindstrom tekla fi]

On 25-Oct-2000 Sejal Patel wrote:

> > 2. I'd like evolution to check for mail say every 10 mins? or am I asking
> > too much?
>
> I use fetchmail for this functionality among others.  I also think that is
> the better way to go IMHO :)

        Well, if you use imap with a lot of different folders as your main
        protocol, then there is no point in using fetchmail.  

        But the main reason why I replyed to this is: The reply function.

        Evolution is getting more and more usable, but its is also getting
        closer to Outlook. Is it really your main goal to make an outlook2000-
        clone that works on linux? If so, then I am a bit disappointed. I
        am not against that you could configure evolution to work and look
        like OL, but I would still like to have the option to use it like
        an unix-style mailer.

        And one of the reason why I still use xfmail is, that the reply
        function in E. can't be configured to use the IMHO standard reply-form
        like I just used in this. For now it looks like evolution is
        encouraging people to use the outlook-style of replying where you 
        leave the whole mail that you reply to at the end of the mail and
        your own text is in the beginning. Well, at least evolution doesn't
        put the headers in the reply-body like OL. Good grief what a stupid
        MS-invention.

        So. It shouldn't be hard to make it possible and configurable.
        Just put somewhere in the options a checkbox "Reply-prefix on/off" 
        and then Reply-prefix: "In the very interesting mail 
        that $f wrote at $d:". For an example.

        Or are there some political reasons why this will not be done?
       
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