Subject: 3.91 address features were better...

From: Ann Patterson <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 22:13:23 -0700

The new address features are NOT an improvement.  It's now quite confusing
just to add an address, and forget creating a distribution list if you
don't already know such a thing is possible.  Another new irritant is the
refusal to send out a message to a distribution list if any one of the
addresses is incorrect.  What happened to the old mail-address-unknown
message for wrong addresses, while the message did go out to all the
others.

Well, that's my current list.  It used to be such a breeze showing new
folks how intuitive Pine was.

Ann
===============================================================
Ann Patterson,                         (510) 253-2229
University Librarian                   fax (510) 254-8136
Robert M. Fisher Library               [email-masked]
John F. Kennedy University
12 Altarinda Road
Orinda, CA 94563
================================================================

---

From: Lea <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 10:26:47 -0600 (MDT)

> don't already know such a thing is possible.  Another new irritant is the

I have to agree wholeheartedly  with this.  I've had a number of clients
complaining about the distribution list thing already, and what REALLY
peeves me is I'm *still* trying to figure out how to set one up.  Haven't
found a working method so far.  Grrrrr.
Anybody want to share theirs?

Lea

---

From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 12:49:15 +0800 (GMT)

On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Ann Patterson wrote:

> don't already know such a thing is possible.

	Are you saying that after you went to the Address Book screen and
typed "?" and read the extensive documentation you had difficulty in using
the Address Book?  Or, are you saying that you had difficulty getting
things done without having read the documentation?

> folks how intuitive Pine was.

	As you may have noticed, pine has certainly evolved over the
years.  More features and more options have been added.  It seems that
as SW becomes more complex it becomes less intuitive.  While that is
generally true, IMHO, the pine team has done an fine job keeping it as
intuitive as possible.  They have also spent a great deal of time and
effort to the built-in help feature.  However, one has to wonder if they
shouldn't consider saving space in the executable if it doesn't get used.

	Regards,

		Ed

Edward M. Greshko                       Technical Manager, Electronic Commerce
                                        Control Data Asia/Pacific Region
Voice: +886-2-715-2222 x287             6/F, 131 Nanking East Road, Section 3
FAX  : +886-2-712-9197                  Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C