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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Lost Mail Function
Date: 10 Mar 2015 03:44:27 GMT
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On 2015-03-10, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <cm6cvdF5s3dU1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Honestly, they both seem counter-productive to me. The way I normally do
>> it is:
>> 
>> 1. Type Command-N to start a new message, and the "To" field is active.
>> 2. Type the beginning of a name. 
>> 3. As soon as the correct name appears, press the Return key, which
>> places it into the field, and the field is ready to accept another name.
>> 3. Go to step 2 and repeat until done.
>> 
>> I consider this to be quicker and simpler than selecting names with a
>> mouse cursor and dragging them into the field.
>
> I often want to select many names from a group. I don't remember all the 
> names, so I open up the contact list, select the group, and then scan 
> down the group members selecting the ones I want. And I don't have to 
> drag anything, just double-click to add them to "To", or click once and 
> then click on the field name in the contacts window. You can also 
> shift-click on each name, and then click on the field name at the end to 
> add them all at once.

Why bother with all that nonsense when you can just type the name of the
group to have all of them added in one instant?

> This is how I do it in SL -- it sounds like Apple has gone really 
> backwards in newer versions if you can't do this.

Sounds more like you are holding onto some old method and don't want to
learn a newer, more efficient method to me.

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