[Design] Bridging the gap - email options

[Mimi Yin]

On Jul 13, 2006, at 7:43 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:

>> + Drag and drop emails and attachments from other email clients.
>
> Observation:
> - one advantage of the IMAP solution is that you can create a rule  
> to copy items as they come in, vs moving them by hand.

For some scenarios this will work. But rules and filters are still  
IMAP client features that are beyond a lot of people. It's also  
extremely difficult, if not impossible to set up a rule or filter  
for: Emails that will require follow-up.

Mostly, this solution has the highest chance of discoverability. It  
requires no setup on the part of the user, other than to download and  
install Chandler. Everything else requires some minimal amount of  
understanding of accounts and servers.

>> + RSS in and RSS out via desktop/web access
>
> Examples?

Someone could subscribe to the shared Office calendar as an RSS feed.

>
> Cheers,
> Katie
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