Hello August!

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

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

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

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

 AA> ║                                                        ║
 AA> ║  <Tab>        Switches between message area and        ║
 AA> ║               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 

 AA> You're calling it the Address-book?

Yes, that's what it is 

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

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

 AA>                 ┌─ Error ───────────────────────────────────────────┐
 AA>                 │                                                   │
 AA>                 │  There are still mails in this user's newsgroup!  │
 AA>                 │                                                   │
 AA>                 └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

 AA> ..with *every* name I select.  I guess I don't understand what Address-
 AA> 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.

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

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

Regards,
Martin

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