[pmmail-list] thunderbird?

Steve Richards pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:11:06 -0400


>I wish that were so. That method clears the original headers and makes
>the message appear to have originated from me. I do not wish to do
>that.


That I did not know, I'm glad you pointed that out!

 * the other thing I miss is the right click in the address wind to bring=
 up the address book...

Steve

     ---------   End of Message  ---------
+------------------------------------------------+
     Address Correspondence to....

       "Steve Richards" <Steve@ADUcredit.com>
        (781) 829-9411 X11

        Alpha Data Utility, Inc.
         269 Hanover St.
         PO Box  2164
         Hanover, MA  02339
         USA
+------------------------------------------------+



David M. Nelson wrote:

>On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:30:43 -0400, Steve Richards wrote:
>
> =20
>
>>Try  right clicking the email  and then select "edit as new.." then jus=
t=20
>>send it.
>>
>>I think this is roughly equivalent to "bounce"
>>   =20
>>
>
>I wish that were so. That method clears the original headers and makes
>the message appear to have originated from me. I do not wish to do
>that.
>
>The utility of "Bounce" is that it keeps the original sender and
>Reply-To information intact, with only an addition to the routing
>records.
>
>Here is one instance where it is useful:
>
>I am webmaster of several sites, and often have e-mails directed to me
>by people who are too lazy to look up the appropriate contact
>information (usually right there on the same page they are referring
>to). Forwarding to the proper person would work, but unless I include
>the sender in the forwarded message, any replies would be sent to me.
>(That is, unless the recipient is *very* responsible and actually
>checks to whom they are replying, manually adding the original sender
>and preferably deleting my address.) At worst, the original sender
>doesn't get the reply. At best, I'm still included in the loop for
>something that I would rather never see.
>
>On top of that, forwarding adds an additional header and footer,
>without actually increasing the information content of the message.
>
>Consider my other option with PMMail. I just bounce the message to the
>appropriate recipient, who can then reply as if it was originally sent
>to them. I can stay out of the loop, and all parties are happy. To the
><1% of people who actually pay attention to the header information,
>there is no concealment of how the message was routed.
>
>It's also handy if I want an identical copy of a message on another
>mail client or in another location, without adding extraneous
>formatting or destroying PGP signatures.
>
>Simple. Useful. I would not miss it if I hadn't had it for many years
>in PMMail.
>
>--
>David M. Nelson
><solomani@earthlink.net>
>
>- pmmail-list - The PMMail Discussion List ---------------------------
>To POST to the list, send your message to:
>pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
>
>To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to mdaemon@bmtmicro.com=20
>with the first line of the message body being...
>UNSUBSCRIBE pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>=1A
>
>
> =20
>

- pmmail-list - The PMMail Discussion List ---------------------------
To POST to the list, send your message to:
pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com

To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to mdaemon@bmtmicro.com 
with the first line of the message body being...
UNSUBSCRIBE pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------