PMMail 2.00.015 - Automatic To: field completion

[Frank Bures]

On Mon, 07 Jun 1999 14:11:44 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote:

>On Mon, 07 Jun 1999 09:05:49 -0400 (EDT), Frank Bures wrote:
>
>>I would appreciate an advice on the following:
>>
>>When I start typing and address in the 'To:' field in the New Message 
>>window, PMMail tries to complete the address for me from a list of recently 
>>used addresses or from the Address Book.  This is extremely annoying 
>>feature mainly because the thing does not keep up with my typing, so that 
>>the result is usually a terribly mistyped address.  I have to go back and 
>>fight my way through the unwanted prompts and typos several times.
>
>Why do you get typos? I find that the auto address simply matches up to
>the characters I have already typed, once I type another character it
>clears or changes. That is using a P233MMX, so it isn't a speedy
>machine as such.

Try it on P/75.  You wouldn't believe the mess you'll be getting.  


Frank Bures, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 3H6
fbures@chem.toronto.edu
http://frank.chem.utoronto.ca/electronics