[Design] filters: Subject to automation

[Ray Ryan]

That's kind of cool.

I wonder if it could/should be more general than you describe. People 
have been proposing having rules for outgoing mail. Does that take care 
of this feature for you? You could have an outgoing rule like (pardon 
heinous syntax):

if (${Project} != null) Subject = "[${Project}] ${Subject}";

The obvious problem with this approach is that it doesn't let the user 
see the mod'd subject line, assuming outgoing rules are executed on 
Send.

Maybe this points out a need for an earlier wave of Composition Time 
rules, executed when New Message is chosen (or any kind of New Item 
command).

Ray

On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 10:12  PM, Bruce Dykes wrote:

> Let me explain what I mean by the Subject: prepension
> feature.
>
> First, it's not exactly redundant with Chandler's
> categorization, it's a concrete feature that uses that
> categorization.
>
> Second, it's not really for other Chandler users, it's
> a way of attaching readily recognizable Chandler
> metadata into a spot that's usable and recognizable by
> other mail readers. And since most peoples' mail
> consists of replies, and most people leave the subject
> line intact, when that mail comes back to you from
> Eudora or Mozilla, or what have you, it'll still be
> recognizable to Chandler, until some drastic topic
> shifting takes place.
>
> Third, I'm not suggesting it should be blindly
> automatic by any means. It should behave just as I
> described: you select your new email button, you're
> presented with your headers, waiting to be filled in
> with data, and after your addressing, you have a blank
> Subject field, which lets you type in a completely new
> and original subject line, or you can drop it down to
> have your predefined project subject headers opening
> your subject line, after which, you can type
> additional stuff:
>
> Subject: surprise birthday party
> Subject: [Python Migration] status report
> Subject: [ADM account] ready for beta testing
>
> This is all predefined by the user, and editable, and
> the drop down menu should only allow one prepension.
> They should be tied to specific projects, not people,
> nor any other category of metadata. Scott Adams should
> be the only one with a Pointy Haired Boss project.
>
> bkd
>
>
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