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Re: Lost Mail Function

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On 2015-03-11, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <cmba6kFe53qU2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-11, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> > In article <cm94c2FrpmsU1@mid.individual.net>,
>> >  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 2015-03-10, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > I have a group of 80 people (all the local bridge players I know), I 
>> >> > want to select 15-20 of them (the ones I want to ask to play in a 
>> >> > particular event).
>> >> 
>> >> And another sub-group is out of the question why?
>> >
>> > Because it's not the same sub-group each time I want to do this.
>> >
>> > So basically I would have to create a new group at that time, which is 
>> > essentially the same process as selecting people for that email. 
>> 
>> The way to do it is to type the first few letters of each person's name,
>> then Return to accept each one in turn. It's fast and easy. It's not
>> that you cannot do what you want - it's just you cannot do it with the
>> mouse anymore since Apple removed that function.
>
> And now we get back to the fact that I have to remember all the names I 
> want to type.

Not if you type the group name and then remove names you don't want. 

> There's almost nothing easier than picking things out of a list with the 
> mouse. Why make things more complicated?

Typing a group name and then removing items from a list doesn't seem any
more complicated than opening the contacts list and scrolling through a
bunch of contacts, selecting the ones I want, and then double-clicking
or dragging them into Mail. We can agree to disagree though.

>> > Actually, worse, because the only way to put people in groups in Address 
>> > Book is by dragging, not simple clicking. Half the time when I do this, 
>> > if I don't get the motion just right it thinks I'm swiping over a bunch 
>> > of contacts, and then tries to drag them all.
>> 
>> That's incorrect. You can select multiple people and choose File > New
>> Group From Selection with no dragging involved.
>
> Hmm, never noticed that one before. Although creating a group just for 
> one-time use seems silly. Also, this means I have to go into another 
> application -- I used to be able to do the selection directly from 
> within Mail.

You can do the selection from within Mail - just not with the mouse.

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Lost Mail Function Jerry F <jerryf@pipeline.com> - 2015-03-09 00:20 -0400
  Re: Lost Mail Function Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2015-03-09 07:20 +0100
    Re: Lost Mail Function Jerry Fensterstock <jerryf@pipeline.com> - 2015-03-09 15:44 -0400
      Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-09 20:09 +0000
        Re: Lost Mail Function "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-03-10 00:17 +0000
          Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 00:51 +0000
            Re: Lost Mail Function Jerry Fensterstock <jerryf@pipeline.com> - 2015-03-09 21:36 -0400
              Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 03:07 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function JoeyDee <email@nothanks.com> - 2015-03-10 09:23 -0400
                Re: Lost Mail Function Jerry Fensterstock <jerryf@pipeline.com> - 2015-03-10 13:18 -0400
                Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 17:29 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-03-11 02:05 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-11 14:05 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-03-12 01:03 +0000
            Re: Lost Mail Function "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-03-11 01:59 +0000
              Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-11 14:04 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-03-12 01:12 +0000
        Re: Lost Mail Function Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-09 20:29 -0400
          Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 03:44 +0000
            Re: Lost Mail Function Jerry Fensterstock <jerryf@pipeline.com> - 2015-03-10 08:17 -0400
              Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 15:18 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-10 12:12 -0400
                Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 16:33 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-10 16:51 -0400
                Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 21:00 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-11 12:26 -0400
                Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-11 16:52 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-11 13:48 -0400
                Re: Lost Mail Function Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-11 18:05 +0000
                Re: Lost Mail Function Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-11 16:31 -0400
            Re: Lost Mail Function Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-10 10:47 -0400

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