Nice Little Feature in Thunderbird 3
I just noticed a nice feature in Thunderbird 3. If you're writing a message and you happen to mention that you're attaching a file then Thunderbird picks up on this and reminds you to actually attach it! How cool is that.
I for one am always telling people I've attached things when in fact I forget to and they reply to ask where the file is.
Update: It goes one step further and presents a reminder dialog if you click send without having added a file:
The behaviour is controlled via a couple of options:
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Somebody should add that to the OpenNTF mail experience templates.
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Well, that's a delightful touch. Some may stuff like this as superfluous, but adding little "human" touches to a program is always cool.
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As far as I can tell, this post isn't about Lotus Domino. How dare you post something non Domino related?
I guess your blog should now be added to a "Thunderbird Features" blog aggregator instead of a Lotus Notes version.
;-)
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Damn you Lee - I was just about to post that!!!!!
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The ultra paranoid might even say it was an underhand dig at Notes.
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Gmail has had almost 2 years now. Not sure how long it's been in the official product, but I remember enabling Google Labs and using that feature. It is a nice feature.
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Too funny, I just did that this right before reading your article. I sent a Purchase Order Req and didn't attach the req. Then I read this and am thankful that I'm not the only one.
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Did you test to see what happens if you to reply to a message that had a keyword from which you removed the original attachment?
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No.
From what I can tell it listens *as* you type, rather than a blanket scan of the whole message, so it will only pick up on your having actually written the keyword down.
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That's a feature which has been in Gmail for a while now. It's good to see other mail clients picking up on it.
IBM.....?
(and Lee, great comment. It brought a smile to my day).
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incredimail.com has had this in there for while and plus many more nice features. I specialy like the way the email gets formated .
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If you use Outlook, similar addon here.
http://www.officelabs.com/projects/forgottenattachmentdetector/Pages/default.aspx
There's actually a few cool/useful things on there (pptflex and email prioritizer)
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