Re: What now?

[Brian May <bmay@csse.monash.edu.au>]

>>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

    Lars> I'm sure somebody will think of something.  :-) Or one could
    Lars> start working on that TODO list that's in the manual.

If you seriously want suggestions for new features ;-)


I have always felt it would be benefit if I could have a mail program
(eg PGnus) that was integrated with a calander program (eg the one
that comes with xemacs).

That would be used something like the following:

- browsing through the calendar, you see that there are four messages
attached to tomorrow's date. You click on a link, and it automatically
shows a message, where your boss is reminding you about an important
due date that you had forgotten about.

- when this due date is near, PGnus automatically makes the
message as important (!), even if you have already read it.

- after the due date has elapsed, PGnus automatically marks
the message as expirable and/or deletes it immediately.  

- another possibility: You see a message, and think you might be able
to reply to it, but first you want to wait a week, just in case
anybody else (with a better understanding) replies first. You could
mark the message with ?, but then you may forget about it if no one
else replies (which might be a good thing ;-) ). So you could set a
rule "mark this message with ! in one week's time". Or even better:
"mark this message and all followups with ! in one week's time".


As for implementing this stuff, I don't know how you would do it.

It is just something I have always wanted. At the moment, I have
folders set (mbox format, haven't converted to PGnus yet) as

~/Mail/calender/y$year/m$month

but this is awkward and inconvenient, and there is no way to sort by
date. Similarly, there is no way to "attach" multiple dates
to one item of mail, without making duplicates, which is even
messier.
-- 
Brian May <bmay@csse.monash.edu.au>