New massively improved address book available - Page 7

fhapgood · 9 Jan 2005, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lee
Upon pressing a letter, I would like to see all entries beginning with a certain letter, including those with only individual names, and those with only company names.

Absolutely. What is selecting a letter supposed to mean?

**Shelded** · 9 Jan 2005, 03:56 PM

It apparently excluded the company name in the Fastmail developer's mind.

Sigg · 9 Jan 2005, 05:30 PM

Just had a play with the new address book, big thumbs up from me

All I want now is some way to automatically synchronise my email client address books with Fastmail, that would be

dcorson · 9 Jan 2005, 06:17 PM

I do not use nick names, preferring to use the actual email addresses. This new address book is so helpfull to use the name "No name" in this case instead of filling in the actual email address as it should. The result: my quick list is full of "No name" entries, all the same.

To be changed back to the usual behaviour ASAP !!!

Even stranger is that when I take an address from the quick list in the TO: field and then remove the "No name" portion by hand, it is still sent with the "No name".

I do not want to insult my correspondents in this way and will now have to fill in the addresses manually. What a pain.

Don

PS: this is the first negative I have ever seen in your system. A tiny change there and I say "Keep up the great work!"

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norbs · 9 Jan 2005, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lee
I guess I'm spoiled by Palm Desktop, which sorts company names and individual names together.

yep, palm desktop is really handy.

I've just exported my FM address book to work out what email addys are missing from my treo. Then i'll sync up, and do a vcard export from Palm Desktop. Anyone had any luck importing a "palm desktop vcard" into FM yet?

JamesHenderson · 9 Jan 2005, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by norbs
Anyone had any luck importing a "palm desktop vcard" into FM yet?

norbs,

I just did it and it seemed to work fine.

I didn't know that you could export multiple entries into one Vcard file using Palm Desktop, but I just tried it and it works fine. It seems that you cannot import it back into Palm though - I got the error "too many entries".

James.

[Edit]: Just to add that there were some minor errors, but I do mean minor. It would seem that 99% of my info got across.

nickbeee · 9 Jan 2005, 07:36 PM

Just found the "Upgrades" this morning by accident...wow!
(I mainly use the tiny login screen at https://www.fastmail.fm/mail/login/?...reen=tiny.html)

The address book is a vast improvement on the old version, IMO this was the only part of the service I found lacking after moving my primary email account From Yahoo a year or so ago.
The conversion seems to have worked OK with my entries, I think there were only two minor tweaks I had to make to the firstname/lastname fields.

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ultraboy · 9 Jan 2005, 08:14 PM

Opera 8.0b1 / WinXP SP2 / Professional Blue

When I add an address from a received mail to the address book by clicking [Add], all messages sent from this address book entry contain only the mail address in the to-line but not Firstname/Surname.

Addresses I imported or added manualy do have the Firstname/Surname.

I would like to have an option in each address book entry that lets me switch the Firstname/Surname on or off. I generally prefer to send mails only with the mail address in the to-line because sometimes I probably have the name written wrong in my address book or left academic titles out or so.

mxiao · 9 Jan 2005, 08:20 PM

Amazing and wonderful

**psalzer** · 9 Jan 2005, 08:55 PM

The addressbook is great. Seems to be working well for me.

oysterquartz · 9 Jan 2005, 09:10 PM

Good news. Thankfully, its a free upgrade as Rob states, as we weren't expecting to pay more for this feature

Haven't read through this whole thread. Any ability to "build" contacts from existing emails stored on the system? Not one at a time obviously, but globally like Hotmail's funcationality, etc.

Prognathous · 9 Jan 2005, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dcorson
I do not want to insult my correspondents in this way and will now have to fill in the addresses manually. What a pain.

Indeed. I really hope Fastmail will fix this major drawback soon.

In the meanwhile, if you anyone can come up with a workaround, please post it in this thread.

Prog.

Mugwhamp · 9 Jan 2005, 11:16 PM

FastMail continues to be the gold standard of email providers...period!

oysterquartz · 9 Jan 2005, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mugwhamp
FastMail continues to be the gold standard of email providers...period!

I take it that you don't tolerate any criticism?

Surely, its not perfect

I'd like to see better search, and a sync utility to start.

The new address book is a very nice addition.

fhapgood · 10 Jan 2005, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Shelded
It apparently excluded the company name in the Fastmail developer's mind.

Hasn't this developer ever sent mail to a company? Still, I am more than happy to admit that the 'sort by' workaround works ok.

9 Jan 2005, 06:17 PM	#94
dcorson Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: CH Posts: 4	Nick name change I do not use nick names, preferring to use the actual email addresses. This new address book is so helpfull to use the name "No name" in this case instead of filling in the actual email address as it should. The result: my quick list is full of "No name" entries, all the same. To be changed back to the usual behaviour ASAP !!! Even stranger is that when I take an address from the quick list in the TO: field and then remove the "No name" portion by hand, it is still sent with the "No name". I do not want to insult my correspondents in this way and will now have to fill in the addresses manually. What a pain. Don PS: this is the first negative I have ever seen in your system. A tiny change there and I say "Keep up the great work!" Firefox 1.0 Suze Linux 9.0 Neutral gray Last edited by dcorson : 9 Jan 2005 at 06:25 PM.

9 Jan 2005, 07:36 PM	#97
nickbeee Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nottingham/UK Posts: 29	late comments... Just found the "Upgrades" this morning by accident...wow! (I mainly use the tiny login screen at https://www.fastmail.fm/mail/login/?...reen=tiny.html) The address book is a vast improvement on the old version, IMO this was the only part of the service I found lacking after moving my primary email account From Yahoo a year or so ago. The conversion seems to have worked OK with my entries, I think there were only two minor tweaks I had to make to the firstname/lastname fields. No probs with viewing or stylesheets, currently using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 at 800x600 resolution, Professional blue 2004 style sheet.

9 Jan 2005, 03:56 PM	#92
Shelded Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA Northwest Posts: 3,849	It apparently excluded the company name in the Fastmail developer's mind.

9 Jan 2005, 05:30 PM	#93
Sigg Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 24	Just had a play with the new address book, big thumbs up from me All I want now is some way to automatically synchronise my email client address books with Fastmail, that would be

9 Jan 2005, 08:14 PM	#98
ultraboy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95	Opera 8.0b1 / WinXP SP2 / Professional Blue When I add an address from a received mail to the address book by clicking [Add], all messages sent from this address book entry contain only the mail address in the to-line but not Firstname/Surname. Addresses I imported or added manualy do have the Firstname/Surname. I would like to have an option in each address book entry that lets me switch the Firstname/Surname on or off. I generally prefer to send mails only with the mail address in the to-line because sometimes I probably have the name written wrong in my address book or left academic titles out or so.

9 Jan 2005, 08:20 PM	#99
mxiao Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 30	Amazing and wonderful

9 Jan 2005, 08:55 PM	#100
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	The addressbook is great. Seems to be working well for me.

9 Jan 2005, 09:10 PM	#101
oysterquartz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Athens Posts: 2,402	Good news. Thankfully, its a free upgrade as Rob states, as we weren't expecting to pay more for this feature Haven't read through this whole thread. Any ability to "build" contacts from existing emails stored on the system? Not one at a time obviously, but globally like Hotmail's funcationality, etc.

9 Jan 2005, 11:16 PM	#103
Mugwhamp Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Manila Posts: 509	FastMail continues to be the gold standard of email providers...period!