Hi Guys, After all of the currently known bugs are fixed (I really don't want my next year's software agreement to pay for the fixing of bugs that existed when I purchased the unit), I would like to see an export or save message facility added to the email program. Reed On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:23:58 -0400, Michael McDonald wrote: >I will add this to the list, though I don't know when I will get back to >working on email again. > >Mike > >-----Original Message----- >From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen >Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 1:13 PM >To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: new features > >I tend to get 400-500 messages per day from the lists I am on. Of course, >most of them, I wouldn't reply to, but I might to ten or so besides the >messages I would send myself. >When I send these, I don't want to get any more mail on my unit because I am >home now and want that mail on my pc. >And the send immediately item does mean that you would be constantly >connecting and disconnecting from the wireless or staying connected the >entire time you are reading email. >Of course, this means send immediately would only work when you were within >wireless range. >On a plane or in a car, or bus, or train, or at someone's home where >wireless is not available or anywhere else wireless is not available means >this feature is useless. >Now, if you could read through all of your mail, replying to messages and >composing messages of your own then send them all at once without getting >any new mail on the unit, that is what I want. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terrence van >Ettinger AKA Angus MacLaren >Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:29 AM >To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: new features > >But what if the message you're working with would be the only meisage in the >outbox? The "send immediately" >option only appears when composing. It seems to me that what you're thinking >of would need to be available >throughout the e-mail program, without removing the "send immediately" >option. > >Just my thoughts on this, >Terrence > >On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 22:42:21 -0700, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > > >>Yes, but you'd have to connect every time you wanted to send then >>disconnect. >>Here's a scenario for you. How would you handle this? >>You have been at ACB or NFB all week getting your mail on your icon. Now, >>you download your mail just before you leave for your flight home so you >can >>read it on the plane. On the plane, you read and reply to a few messages. >>You can't send immediately because there isn't any wireless on an >airplane. >>You can put them in the outbox just like always. >>Now, you get home to where you have wireless. You want to send your >>messages, but you don't want to pick up the perhaps 50 to 100 messages >which >>arrived the entire time you were flying home. >>What do you do? >>On a braille note, you could go into the email program and then exit. You >>would be asked if you wanted to send the messages in your outbox. If yes, >>you can then connect and just send those messages without receiving any new >>ones. >>With the icon, would could have been done was this: >>On exiting the email program, If the outbox contains messages, ask the user >>if he/she wants to send the mail contained there. If so, send, but don't >>receive. >>Another option would be: >>Add a number to the menu which would just say "send mail"; not send >>immediately: just "send mail. This option might only appear in the menu if >>the outbox contained greater than zero messages. Otherwise, it would not >>appear. >>Send immediately is nice, but only if you reconnect each time you want to >>send email; or remain connected the entire time you are going through your >>email. >>That only works if you have wireless access. >>Is it possible, Levelstar, to replace the send immediately with an option >>which would check to see if the outbox contained greater than zero messages >>and if so, offer to send them? >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terrence van >>Ettinger AKA Angus MacLaren >>Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 1969 6:25 PM >>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: new features >> >>Not really; you can still choose to just put the message in your outbox; >>that's still an option just as it always has >>been. Also, you can disconnect once you're done sending. >> >>Terrence >> >> >>On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:24:31 -0700, Paul Henrichsen wrote: >> >> >>>Hi Levelstar and APH guys. >>>I was pretty excited about the new send feature until I realized it was >>only a >>>send immediately. >>>This means that you have to stay connected all the time you are reading >>your >>>email. >>>I was hoping there would be a new oqtion which would say "send" just below >>the >>>"send and receive" option. >>>If you want to use this new feature and you get a lot of email, you could >>be >>>connected wirelessly for >>>hours just so you could send without receiving amy more mail. >>> >> >> >> >>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >>database 3156 (20080603) __________ >> >>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >>http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >>database 3156 (20080603) __________ >> >>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >>http://www.eset.com >> >> >>Icon Discuss Mailing List >>icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>//www.freelists.org/list/icon-discuss >> >>To unsubscribe from the list send a blank message with unsubscribe in the >>subject line to: >> >>icon-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >>To post to this list, send your message to: >> >>icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >>For answers to the most frequently asked questions about Icon and Braille >+, >>Visit >>the LevelStar and APH FAQ pages: >>Visit the LevelStar FAQ page at >>http://www.levelstar.com/support-faqs.php >>Visit the APH FAQ page at >>http://sun1.aph.org/webcast/brailleplus2/faq.html > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 3158 (20080604) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 3158 (20080604) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > > >Icon Discuss Mailing List >icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >//www.freelists.org/list/icon-discuss > >To unsubscribe from the list send a blank message with unsubscribe in the >subject line to: > >icon-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To post to this list, send your message to: > >icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >For answers to the most frequently asked questions about Icon and Braille +, >Visit >the LevelStar and APH FAQ pages: >Visit the LevelStar FAQ page at >http://www.levelstar.com/support-faqs.php >Visit the APH FAQ page at >http://sun1.aph.org/webcast/brailleplus2/faq.html >Icon Discuss Mailing List >icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >//www.freelists.org/list/icon-discuss > >To unsubscribe from the list send a blank message with unsubscribe in the >subject line to: > >icon-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To post to this list, send your message to: > >icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >For answers to the most frequently asked questions about Icon and Braille +, >Visit >the LevelStar and APH FAQ pages: >Visit the LevelStar FAQ page at >http://www.levelstar.com/support-faqs.php >Visit the APH FAQ page at >http://sun1.aph.org/webcast/brailleplus2/faq.html