On 27/03/2008, Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk wrote:
Tim Green wrote:
Would that be the same clever solution if you had stuffed the wrong envelope with the confidential documents and posted it?
That's harder to do!
You're going to have to ask them nicely to destroy it without reading or copying it.
I've done that, and its not a major problem, I'm just left looking like a [insert word here].
mbm wrote:
No, but you could try switching to a mail client which does not auto-complete (or just turn off auto-completion in Tbird).
But I want to have my cake and eat it too!!!
I was thinking about this last night. If auto-complete gave me a drop-down to select from (as at present), but did not actually fill in the address unless I selected one, that would be a helpful compromise.
Ted Harding wrote:
For email addresses I use an alias system of terse abbreviations which I type in. So I type in "alug" and it fills in the full address.
This is a good idea. I did last night create a group of addresses for the intended recipients of the email I mis-sent (as its several people who often get CC'd together) so the chances of getting this particular set wrong again are reduced. And, of-course, I've naturally become paranoid and now triple check everything (I was already double-checking, that wasn't enough!)
-- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0845 45 89 555 Registered in England (0456 0902) at 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG
I haven't used it but what about encryption - in TB you've got GPG and enigmail. I think it is the only email client offering this! Worth using if you need to send important documents - but then again email isn't secure they tell us. If i'm going to buy something and need to send a credit card number i use a fax as it is secure [unless you dial the wrong number which is a bit harder to do than email auto-complete].
Got an email somewhere about a bloke who was paranoid that all emails are used for research purposes by the likes of yahoo etc. Bit OTT but one can chuckle! Big brother is watching you!
james