Re: addressbook "replace" should also do "find" -- pretty please?
On 23 Nov 2017 Jim Nagel <mpro@...> wrote:
> An old friend has just told me his new email address. So I go to MPro
> addressbook.
> Groan. The dialogue offers "Replace". Then in its "Find" field it
> wants me to fill in the old address. I don't remember what the old
> address is, and it could be filed in any of several "folders" in the
> MPro addressbook.
> Please: could MPro offer a simple "Find".
> It's a large addressbook (private+public) that has been growing
> through a decade of using MPro. Surely the user should be able to
> search for stuff (on any field), and not just for the purpose of
> replacing.
> Seems an extraordinary omission.
The whole organisation of MPro, or rather of !NewsDir, where address
books live, is a bit of a pig's ear. I've several times asked if
somebody who understands !NewsDir would write about how it works for
Archive. Answer came there none.
There is a sledgehammer was of getting at addresses, though. Here I
have address books in !Boot.Resources.!NewsDir.Messenger and also in
!Boot.Resources.!NewsDir.UserHome.<my user name>. These can be
searched with your favourite text editor, or can be interrogated with
such as !TextSeek.
Best wishes,
Peter.
--
Peter Young (zfc Pt) and family
Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52, England
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
pnyoung@...
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