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From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
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On 2/3/06, andrey mirtchovski <mirtchovski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What I want is a mail reader that will ... oh, never mind, I think I
> > want the macos x mail reader. But who knows, maybe that's as bad as all
> > the others.
>
> the osx mail reader doesn't do autocompletion. instead, you need to
> keep a separate addressbook application open, from which to pick the
> addresses you want. not any addressbook app, mind you, osx' default
> addressbook.



Hmmm that's not true at all from my 4 years of using it almost exclusively
:)  It always autocompletes for me it uses not just entries from the addres=
s
book but emails I've sent to before.  My boss has about 10 email addresses
for instance... only one is the address book, however when I type his first
name I get a big list of all the people with the same first name whom I've
emailed.


it also hides the real email address you're sending to unless you
> configure it out of preferences, showing you only the 'name'.
>

Sure, but it also gives you a drop down list to choose from as you type.

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<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 2/3/06, <b class=3D"gmail_sende=
rname">andrey mirtchovski</b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mirtchovski@gmail.com">=
mirtchovski@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=
.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
&gt; What I want is a mail reader that will ... oh, never mind, I think I<b=
r>&gt; want the macos x mail reader. But who knows, maybe that's as bad as =
all<br>&gt; the others.<br><br>the osx mail reader doesn't do autocompletio=
n. instead, you need to
<br>keep a separate addressbook application open, from which to pick the<br=
>addresses you want. not any addressbook app, mind you, osx' default<br>add=
ressbook.</blockquote><div><br>
<br>
Hmmm that's not true at all from my 4 years of using it almost
exclusively :)&nbsp; It always autocompletes for me it uses not just
entries from the address book but emails I've sent to before.&nbsp; My
boss has about 10 email addresses for instance... only one is the
address book, however when I type his first name I get a big list of
all the people with the same first name whom I've emailed.<br>
&nbsp;</div><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px=
 solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">i=
t also hides the real email address you're sending to unless you<br>configu=
re it out of preferences, showing you only the 'name'.
<br></blockquote></div><br>
Sure, but it also gives you a drop down list to choose from as you type.<br=
>
<br>

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