Re: feature request: drop a textfile into "To" field

On 8 Feb 2015 Jim Nagel  wrote:

> So a small feature suggestion for next edition of MPro:
>   1 -- Let her type all the addresses in a simple textfile.  **One
> address per line** because it's so much more readable and countable
> than a single long comma-separated line.
>   2 -- Drop this textfile into the "To" field.  (Of course she can
> also save a copy of the file to disc for future reference, if
> desired.)
>   3 -- MPro converts the CR-separated list into its usual
> comma-separated format.

> Actually, the only new thing is step 3.  And it's not really that new,
> because the existing distrib-list format is a CR-separated list, and
> MPro can already deal with that.

> # Oh, and allow comments in the textfile.  If we're going to refer to
> it months in the future, it will be useful to include a reminder of
> what it was for and when, etc.  (Does the existing distrib-list format
> allow comments?)

Yes it would be nice if MPro accepted one address per line. It 
shouldn't be too difficult to implement.

It's better to use the Bcc header for distribution lists unless it's 
just a few people who are all known to each other and can be relied on 
not to get their PCs compromised.

I keep addresses in a !Squirrel database so it's easy to run a query 
to save the ones I want to use in a CSV file but that also needs some 
preprocessing.

-- 
Richard Porter                        http://www.minijem.plus.com/
Skype: minijem2                       mailto:ricp@...
I don't want a "user experience" - I just want stuff that works.

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