> Ah, T. M. Tracey - you joined Gmail-Users, cool.
> I've read some of your posts on GmailForums.
> I suppose sorting e-mails when searched for isn't a bad idea.
> Ed's ideas seem good as well.
> Just one suggestion for Gmail: I think there should be a disabling
> option for Gmail not automatically adding people to your contacts
> list. When you send an e-mail to someone, I find Gmail adds the
> recipient's name to your contact list - with no confirmation at all.
> --
> Lee
> (lee.gi...@gmail.com)

> T. M. Tracy wrote:
> > Some of those are good Ed, I personaly like the way that good has the
> > -more options- to display the reply ...ect links.  To me it keeps
> > things uncluttered.

> > The delvery confermation...That sorta of thing isn't supported by
> > webmail clients that I know of.  I know in outlook and programs like
> > that, they will send along special info for the message in a
> > winmail.dat file...that's where the 'reciept for message' info is
> held
> > among other things.

> > I also like the idea of being able to sort the emails once they have
> > been searched for.  That's a good idea.  I'm surprised that hasn't
> > been implimented yet.

> > About the executable thing...That's something that they have as a
> > security right now...I'm sure that might impliment a scanner or
> > something...who knows right now.  To me it's not a big deal right
> now.
> >  You can just change the extention to a .txt and it works fine, just
> > have to change it back when the message is viewed and the exe is
> > saved.  So far I haven't seen any problems with encoding issues do to
> > the extention change...

> > On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:38:11 -0700, Ed Gowen <ego...@gmail.com>
> wrote:

> > > I wonder if it might be appropriate to start a Gmail Wish List
> thread.
> > > I have submitted several suggestions but don't know how my
> suggestions
> > > would be viewed by others.  Perhaps by submitting them here, as
> well as
> > > by feedback message to the Gmail Team, we can get a consensus as to
> > > what changes would be most welcome. Just as a suggestion, if you
> think
> > > well of a change mentioned here, you might want to send a feedback
> > > message encouraging the Gmail Team to put it on the list for
> > > consideration.

> > > One of the things I'd like to see them add is delivery and read
> > > confirmation both within and outside of Gmail.  Email is sometime
> > > rather unreliable.  With other email accounts you can request a
> > > delivery and/or read confirmation.  As I understand it, a delivery
> > > confirmation is just a return email indicating the message made to
> to
> > > the destination email server and into the recipient's inbox.  A
> read
> > > confirmation indicates someone with access to the destination
> account
> > > has actually looked at the message, even if only to delete it a
> moment
> > > later.

> > > Another thing I'd like is to have them change is the way options
> are
> > > presented when a message is being viewed.  Right now, when you are
> > > looking at a message, you must click on the "More options" link to
> have
> > > access to the "Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Add sender
> to
> > > contacts list | Trash this message | Show original" links.  I'd
> like at
> > > least "Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Trash this message"
> > > available as soon as the message is displayed.  One way this could
> be
> > > implemented would to have this list of links on the right side
> under
> > > the "Expand All" link.  Another way would be to make the "More
> options"
> > > choice either persistent so once selected it would stay selected
> for
> > > any new viewed message throughout and between sessions.  Another
> > > possibility would be to add an account options choice of either
> > > "Display All Details for Viewed Messages" as opposed to "Minimize
> > > Details for Viewed Messages".

> > > My understanding is that Gmail allows attachments as long as the
> total
> > > size of the message is 10 Mbytes or less.  I also understand that
> > > executable attachments are not permitted and right now that
> includes
> > > executable attachments in archive files.  I can certainly
> understand
> > > limiting aggregate message size and I think it just good common
> sense
> > > to block executable attachments but I'm of the opinion that zip or
> > > other archives with executable content should be permitted and that
> the
> > > handling of messages with prohibited attachments should be changed.
> > > Right now the message is rejected and at least sometimes the sender
> is
> > > notified.  I'd rather let the message through to the recipient with
> a
> > > text message indicating that "One or more attachments have been
> deleted
> > > from this message because they violate Gmail policy on executable
> > > attachments or because they would cause the total message size to
> > > exceed 10 Mbytes."

> > > My final suggestion for the moment is to be able to sort the lists
> of
> > > root messages and the results of searches.  As the number of stored
> > > messages increases, it would be increasingly helpful to have them
> > > sorted by Sender/Receiver or Date either ascending or descending.
> > > Ideally you could also sort by both sender/receiver and date so the
> > > messages would be grouped by sender/receiver but within each
> > > sender/receiver they would be in date order.

> > > Well, thats my list for the moment.  Anybody out there care to
> comment
> > > on these or add their own pet items to the Wish List?

> > > Regards,

> > > Ed

> > --
> > T. M. Tracy