[Macpartners] AppleMail complaint

[Gurukarm Khalsa]

This question actually addresses something I've been complaining  
about all along since I switched from Eudora - not the font size, but  
the ability to edit an incoming message, either its subject, or its  
body text.

My reasons for wanting to do so are these: not infrequently I get  
emails from people who've replied to an old message from me to bring  
up a new topic, but not changed the subject line. I need to keep that  
new email for reference, but want to change the subject to match the  
actual topic, both for visual searching and for search engine  
purposes. Also, sometimes I want to edit an email I may get from my  
supervisor, for instance, to make notes to myself about tasks  
completed or things needed to do, etc.

I know there are very valid security and privacy reasons to not allow  
a user to edit emails they've received, but I was spoiled by being  
able to do it in Eudora! And it's really a work-flow issue for me.

So, can someone suggest where I can send this request to Apple? They  
may never listen, but at least I'll have the satisfaction of sending it!

thanks,
Gurukarm

Gurukarm K. Khalsa
MIT Dept. of Biology Web Manager & Sr. Admin. Ass't.
68-132, 617-452-3683  ::  HQ phone: 617-253-4701
http://mit.edu/biology/



On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:59 PM, Marion Leeds Carroll wrote:

> Thanks for all the help I've been receiving!  I'll use the new  
> icons I put in my toolbar.. or, depending on whether I remember any  
> of this, I'll use "Command =" or "Control +"
>
> I knew I'd seen it somewhere... there are directions under Format >  
> Style ... but I couldn't find it again.
>
> - Marion
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:47 PM, Roger A. Roach wrote:
>
>> The easiest way to solve your particular problem is to "zoom" the  
>> message.   Using "Command =" will increase the size of the  
>> message. "Command -" decreases it.
>>
>> It is possible to edit the message when it is stored in your Apple  
>> mailbox on your hard drive, but I do not recommend it.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>> ---------------------
>> Roger A. Roach
>> Director of I/T Service Emeritus
>> Information Services & Technology
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>> Room W91-205C
>> 77 Massachusetts Ave.                phone: 617.253.7011
>> Cambridge, MA 02139-4307          fax:   617.253.1266
>>
>>
>> On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Marion Leeds Carroll wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way to edit a *received* email in Applemail?
>>>
>>> I get messages from people who use a much smaller font size than  
>>> I can read... I am sure it's a system difference, because nobody  
>>> could read it - it comes out TINY.  In Eudora (good old Eudora!),  
>>> I could select the text and enlarge it.  In Applemail, I have to  
>>> copy the text, paste it into Word, and enlarge it there before I  
>>> can read it.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help!
>>>
>>> ===============================
>>> Marion Leeds Carroll
>>> MIT Libraries Web Assistant
>>> mlcar at mit.edu | E25-131 | 781.646.9115
>>>
>>> visit
>>> http://leedscarroll.com/boston-cure/2006/program.html
>>> to view, and print a copy of, the program for this year's concert  
>>> to benefit the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis.
>>> Sponsored by Teva Neuroscience.
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>
> ===============================
> Marion Leeds Carroll
> MIT Libraries Web Assistant
> mlcar at mit.edu | E25-131 | 781.646.9115
>
> visit
> http://leedscarroll.com/boston-cure/2006/program.html
> to view, and print a copy of, the program for this year's concert  
> to benefit the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis.
> Sponsored by Teva Neuroscience.
>
>
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