MSGID: 2:240/2188.31@fidonet d761b4ed   
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   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Linux) (x86_64)   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 11.04.19 at 21:47, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    MF>>>> Press  from OpenXP's main screen to bring up the addressbook.   
    MF>>>> Cursoring over any of the "Contacts" and pressing  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> º                                                        º   
    AA> º          Switches between message area and        º   
    AA> º               User display.                            º   
      
   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 ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß   
   ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß   
    AA> û    Areafix@2:221/1   
    AA> û  * August Abolins@2:221/1.58   
    AA> û    August Abolins@2:221/360   
    AA> û    mark lewis@1:3634/12.73   
    AA> û    Tommi Koivula@2:221/1   
      
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    AA>                 ³  There are still mails in this user's newsgroup!  ³   
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    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  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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