> 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