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23 Jul 2018, 09:13 PM | #1 |
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How to forward an entire conversation?
I think this should be simple but I've had no success forwarding a conversation of 14 emails to another Fastmail user. I have displayed all 14 emails on one screen but when I click any "Forward" button (command) and forward the message to another FM account I find that FM forwards only some of the emails from the conversation (some are mine, some are the respondent's and others are left out) and those are out of the order in which they were sent/received. All the emails are replies to the same original so they all appear in the same conversation. How do I forward all 14 to the new recipient in proper sequence?
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24 Jul 2018, 04:33 AM | #2 |
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disappointing outcome
I found a rather brief set of instructions in Fastmail's Help items that simply indicated that multiple messages had to be forwarded as attachments. I had already considered that but had honestly expected something a bit more sophisticated than sending on a lengthy list of individual attachments that the recipient had to open, display and read one at a time without having the continuity of what had been opened before.
I was expecting something more along the lines of what I see when I open the list of all 14 messages in my own Inbox and can run down the list clicking each new message to have it open directly below the previous one so that the entire conversation would eventually be displayed as one long script. Frankly, I'm disappointed it what I get instead. |
24 Jul 2018, 06:52 PM | #3 |
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+ 1 Merovingian
That Alias feature is just awesome. I recently noticed that Gmail provided something similar with their +(alias), but there version kind of defeats the functionality because the "base" email is clear as day. I have used Yahoo's version also, and that required pre-configuration before use. Thanks FastMail! PS> I which I could reply to an email to alias, and instead of creating an "Identities & Fetch" manually, have the from address automatically use the alias. PPS> I do use FastMail as a pass-through and use Outlook 2016 as the prior driver and storage. RE: Forwarding problems. Yes, FastMail is lacking in some areas, but I am firm believer in recognizing "core" features and not worrying about the lack of one feature or another given the overall benefit of the service. |
25 Jul 2018, 12:31 AM | #4 | |
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25 Jul 2018, 01:47 AM | #5 |
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Well... he DID make a vague reference to my issue in the last sentence of his reply. I wonder why he doesn't recognize forwarding as a core feature... an essential and useful part of a email service, and one that I find almost "amateurish" in Fastmail?!
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25 Jul 2018, 08:15 AM | #6 | |
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Having done this, all email you reply to within the web interface will use the correct alias automatically. Indeed, even composing a new email when in the Folder will do the right thing. |
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29 Jul 2018, 08:09 AM | #7 |
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Difficulties in combining email thread into one message
Going back to the topic described by the original post and title of this thread:
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