Re: Mail app question

Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
From	Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net>
Subject	Re: Mail app question
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Date	2014-02-18 21:03 -0600

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On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:12:31 -0700, Michelle Steiner 
<michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <slrnlg6t7o.1coi.timmcn@sugaree.local>, Tim McNamara
><timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
>
>> Exactly.  I dislke the Outlook style three pane window for viewing 
>> messages.  It feels claustrophobic to me, so I always open e-mails in 
>> a new window to read them (this is also one of the reasons I don't 
>> like Thunderbird as a newsreader).  Apple's switch to a 
>> "conversational" view of threads when one does that is something I 
>> find that I like.
>
> I prefer the new window approach too, but don't use it with mail.app 
> because when I delete a message it doesn't automatically open the next 
> message (in its own window) in the queue like Claris Emailer did.  So I 
> use the three-pane system because having the next message opened is 
> more important to me.

Yes, I know what you mean.  Basically, I want Mail to operate in some 
ways like MT-NewsWatcher did now that I think about it.  I'd like to be 
able to space bar my way through the mail queue, too.

Well, it's all about compromises and finding the best ones that work for 
our particular style.

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Mail app question Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-17 17:39 -0600
  Re: Mail app question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-17 19:17 -0500
    Re: Mail app question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-17 22:54 -0700
      Re: Mail app question dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-18 20:04 +1100
        Re: Mail app question Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-18 08:54 -0600
      Re: Mail app question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-18 18:20 -0500
        Re: Mail app question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-18 18:32 -0700
        Re: Mail app question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 02:10 +0000
          Re: Mail app question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-18 20:27 -0700
            Re: Mail app question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 04:29 +0000
        Re: Mail app question Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-18 21:14 -0600
  Re: Mail app question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 01:03 +0000
  Re: Mail app question Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 17:20 -0800
    Re: Mail app question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 05:12 +0000
      Re: Mail app question Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 00:37 -0800
      Re: Mail app question Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-18 08:57 -0600
        Re: Mail app question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-18 08:12 -0700
          Re: Mail app question Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-18 21:03 -0600
          Re: Mail app question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 15:08 +0000
        Re: Mail app question Ian Hartley <Contact.News@sky.com> - 2014-02-18 20:09 +0000
          Re: Mail app question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 20:16 +0000
          Re: Mail app question Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-18 21:09 -0600
            Re: Mail app question Ian Hartley <Contact.News@sky.com> - 2014-02-19 10:26 +0000
      Re: Mail app question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-18 18:21 -0500
        Re: Mail app question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 02:11 +0000

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