[Design] Update to Email Spec - New byline scenario

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Philippe, see below.

On Apr 5, 2007, at 12:04 AM, Philippe Bossut wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Mimi Yin wrote:
>> Katie just reminded me of the following case: What happens if a  
>> Desktop user is subscribed to a read-write share, but has no  
>> account information filled out? What do we display?
>>
>> For non-message, read-write shared items:
>> + User name associated with 1st Sharing account; if there are no  
>> Sharing accounts;
>> + Email address associated with 1st Outgoing mail account; if  
>> there are no Outgoing mail accounts;
>> + Email address associated with 1st Incoming mail account; if  
>> there are no Incoming mail accounts;
>> + Show Created by/Edited by: Chandler User on xxx
> I assume "xxx" stands for the name of the shared collection?... or  
> something else?
> Note that for the other readers sharing "xxx", this is equivalent  
> to "Anonymous" and "on xxx" is merely redundant. So may be we can  
> make things more simple and use "Anonymous" (or "Chandler User") as  
> a default identity rather than building a specific one for each  
> shared collection. So I'm proposing to cut the "on xxx" here.

Won't we already have 'on xxx date/time' logic for users with no  
account information on non-shared items?

>> + Nice to have: While the user editing an item, Created by/Edited  
>> by: Chandler User is an editable field where the user can identify  
>> themselves.
> We'll need to tackle this problem of identity along with contacts  
> (one's identity being the "me" identity and being shared with  
> others) after Preview. I'm wary of adding too much special logic to  
> cope with something and have to rip it out once we get the real  
> solution later. So I'd vote with a "suck it up" for that one and  
> start working on contacts soon after Preview...

Sounds reasonable.

>
> Cheers,
> - Philippe