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Author: Tom StillerTom Stiller Date: Nov 22, 2006 06:19
In article <1hp6ple.hhtibkwit2boN%%this-is@totally.invalid>,
this-is@totally.invalid (Mark Conrad) wrote:
> Nowhere in real life does any person sort his incoming mail _directly_
> into other mailboxes. That asinine action is totally counter intuitive
> and unexpected.
It seems that your problem with the label "mailbox". It's not the thing
on a post out by the road, but rather it's one or more trays sitting on
your desk.
Unless they've defined rules to move the messages automatically, few
people sort their incoming mail directly into other mailboxes (folders)
without reading either the To, From, Subject, or content of the message.
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> But so be it, if I have to live with a deliberately sabotaged metaphor,
> I can do it, same as everyone else does.
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Author: Dave BalderstoneDave Balderstone Date: Nov 22, 2006 15:34
In article <1hp7cz0.1pbus0u14vjkooN%%this-is@totally.invalid>, Mark
Conrad wrote:
> Excuse me, you are posting that "mailbox" and "folder" are the same
> identical concept. They are not.
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> If you wanted to be clearly understood, you would NEVER say to a person
> "Deposit this into a folder please" - - - when you meant to say "Deposit
> this into a mailbox, please".
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> To say "mailbox" would be sheer obfuscation on your part.
You are amazing, Gerald.
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Author: Dave BalderstoneDave Balderstone Date: Nov 23, 2006 06:13
In article <45659763$0$26457$c3e8da3@ news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates
gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <1hp7trx.1l73p0rdi4uxyN%%this-is@totally.invalid>,
> this-is@totally.invalid (Mark Conrad) wrote:
>
>> I thank you for that compliment, except I am certain there are many
>> others besides myself who use words for their literal basic meaning,
>> instead of resorting to offbeat unclear ambiguous meanings, such as
>> "mailbox" when "folder" would be much clearer.
>>
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> Eudora (for instance) has mailboxes which are not folders. I think it's
> the same system as Berkeley Mail. It's a cruel world, Mark.
Mailsmith has mailboxes, but they are structures inside a database, not
folders. Oh cruel world! Why do you mock Mark/Gerald so?
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Author: Gordon SandeGordon Sande Date: Nov 23, 2006 11:37
On 2006-11-23 15:09:24 -0400, Michelle Steiner michelle.org> said:
>> I'm looking at Mail.app right now and noting that the Inbox icon is
>> made to look like one of those trays Tom mentioned and that the icons
>> for the user-created mailboxes are, in fact, folders.
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> And that drafts looks like a sheet of paper, sent looks like a paper
> airplane, trash looks like a trash can, and junk looks like a garbage
> bag.
>
> I'm sure that the paper airplane is giving Mark fits, though.
Maybe his house only has a mail slot in the door so has no notion of what
a mailbox might be.
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Author: Dave BalderstoneDave Balderstone Date: Nov 24, 2006 05:40
In article <1hpbva7.1bdao3h1buzvbhN%%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, Jamie
Kahn Genet wrote:
> Dave Balderstone wrote:
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>> In article <45659763$0$26457$c3e8da3@ news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates
>> gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> In article <1hp7trx...
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Author: Warren OatesWarren Oates Date: Nov 23, 2006 04:44
In article <1hp7trx.1l73p0rdi4uxyN%%this-is@totally.invalid>,
this-is@totally.invalid (Mark Conrad) wrote:
> I thank you for that compliment, except I am certain there are many
> others besides myself who use words for their literal basic meaning,
> instead of resorting to offbeat unclear ambiguous meanings, such as
> "mailbox" when "folder" would be much clearer.
>
Eudora (for instance) has mailboxes which are not folders. I think it's
the same system as Berkeley Mail. It's a cruel world, Mark.
--
W. Oates
Teal'c: He is concealing something.
O'Neil: Like what?
Teal'c: I am unsure, he is concealing it.
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