Subject: Degree student questionnaire: Wants in a mailreader

From: [email-masked] (Ian Sheldon)
Date: 27 Oct 1995 12:03:25 -0000

Apologies to anyone who thinks this doesn't belong here, but I
know of no better place! (suggestions?)

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For my final year project, I am developing an X-based
mail-reader which will run under Solaris.  Hence, I am interested
in people's perceptions of their current mail-reader and 
interested in what features people think are important in a 
mail reader, since, obviously, I only use a distinct subset of
my mailer's capabilities. 

Some of the features which I would like to support are:

- - aliases
- - piping
- - ability to PGP sign and PGP encrypt messages
- - multiple folders, including sent folder, received folders, etc
- - use of an external editor (e.g. vi or emacs)
- - ability to re-send mail (``forward'' and ``bounce'')
- - ability to view a subset of the mail folder (e.g. by subject or 
  address)
- - configuration options (e.g. attribution strings, automatic
  inclusion of signature, etc.)
- - Attachments/MIME support (though this may require the use
  of an internal rather than an external editor...)

What does anyone else want?  For example, which options would people
most like to configure?

It would be most helpful if you could rate each of the above on
a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 meaning ``I definately would like
this option'' and 1 meaning ``I definately do not want this
option'').  It would also be useful if you could list which
features you would most like to be able to configure.

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PLEASE NOTE:  I need to assume that any replies to this questionnaire
may be used by me in any manner deemed necessary in this project.  
In particular, I may incorporate some replies into my reports and 
incorporate ideas into my final program.  However, please be assured
that, where appropriate, messages will be attributed to their source 
(including e-mail address).
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Thanks!

Please reply to:
Ian Sheldon ([email-masked]).

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