[turba] integrate with IMP search/virtual folders?

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Timothy Cahill <tcahill at geniehomemagic.com>:

>
> I've looked through the FAQ and Turba's web page and the wiki, so  
> please forgive me if I've posted this feature request to the wrong  
> venue.
>
> I'm not a programmer, so I don't have any idea of how much work I  
> might be proposing.
>
> I send a lot of reply-to-all messages (I'm coordinating a  
> Neighbourhood emergency program on an Island with about 10,000  
> people on it). Most times, my replies are to people who I have not  
> yet met or dealt with.
>
> So when I return to my Turba Address book, I'm always confronted  
> with a 'horde' of new, un-annotated addresses. I like to enter the  
> addressee's neighbourhood name in Turba's 'Company' field, so I have  
> a quick bit of context for each entry as my address book grows. It  
> will probable have thousands of entries before I'm all done.
>
> So what I tend to do is copy each unrecognized address into IMP's  
> email search feature to review which emails that address was used  
> with. At that time, I'll note which neighbourhood or issue was at  
> hand, and make the appropriate changes to the address book entry.  
> Doing this manually is very labour intensive. I'm dreading having to  
> do that several thousand times.
>
> It would be 'really swell' if there was a icon in the main address  
> view beside each address entry that would copy the relevant email  
> address, invoke IMP search feature and paste the clipboard, then  
> display the results below a dialog for editing the address entry.

That would indeed be a nice feature.

Jan.

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