fastmail urls

cirquitz · 26 Mar 2004, 11:31 PM

Hi,

had an idea for some fastmail urls today. How if we had a special url for each main fastmail option ... such as ... to access the fastmail notepad: go to http://fastmail.fm/notepad ... this takes you to the fastmail login screen for login, and upon successful login takes you to the notepad section.

possible url ideas:

http://fastmail.fm/compose
http://fastmail.fm/addresses
http://fastmail.fm/notepad
http://fastmail.fm/files
http://fastmail.fm/options
http://fastmail.fm/folder/myfoldername

so supposing I wanted to send an email:
I go to http://fastmail.fm/compose. This takes me to the login screen. On successful login, it takes me straight to the compose screen where I can send an email

or if i wanted to view a specific folder named 'family_email': I would visit http://fastmail.fm/folder/family_email, this would take me to the login scr, and on successful login would get me straight to that folder

ahhhhh i would love to be able to do this on the web interface!

best regards,
Joel.

26 Mar 2004, 11:36 PM

make them subdomains...as suggested on the Wiki, forum.fastmail.fm, faq.fastmail.fm, and this way you can also: options.fastmail.fm, files.fastmail.fm, user.fmdomain.tld/mail/foldername (last is from your filespace)

cirquitz · 27 Mar 2004, 12:05 AM

Hi Daniel,

Really sorry ... somehow I couldn't seem to get this to work.

I tried typing options.fastmail.fm, files.fastmail.fm into internet explorer, I got this message:

****************************
User page unknown
The page you have tried to access is not a valid known user. Please check that you have the correct URL and try again.
****************************

Neither did the user.fmdomain.tld/mail/foldername url work ... gives me the same message.

Plz do let me know what i'm doing wrong, I've probaby missed something small

cirquitz · 27 Mar 2004, 12:08 AM

also, is there any url for the compose screen such as compose.fastmail.fm

27 Mar 2004, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cirquitz
Plz do let me know what i'm doing wrong, I've probaby missed something small

It's a feature request/suggestion, it's not working yet

(edit)
For the compose screen - drag a link to the compose screen to the desktop. Not sure, maybe it will work (best after Rob does the changes that affect autologin shortcuts on the Weekend)

cirquitz · 27 Mar 2004, 12:10 AM

ohhhh ok

Jeremy Howard · 27 Mar 2004, 05:48 AM

We're planning that FastCheck will be used for this purpose. Right now, you can use FastCheck to jump to your inbox, or the Compose screen (and you can use keyboard shortcuts for this

). FastCheck keeps an open session on the server and uses that, so this is much faster than logging in the normal way.

cirquitz · 27 Mar 2004, 11:18 AM

I like that about fastcheck it's getting to be a swiss blade for fastmail

I use it all the time at the office

Bit by bit i'm turning out to be a fastmail addict

cirquitz · 27 Mar 2004, 11:25 AM

'course that means that fastcheck must be running ... for a quick check at home or at a friend's place it may not be ... hmm

I had forgotten about fastcheck stuff tho, was just using it for real-time notification, so thx Jeremy for the reminder!

best regards,
Joel.

SusanUKF · 27 Mar 2004, 11:34 AM

Fastmail Rocks!! Fastcheck Rocks too!! The features and possibilities are endless!!

Susan.

cirquitz · 27 Mar 2004, 12:10 PM

yep i concur

fastmail has quickly gone up from being my favourite email to being my favourite website

BBM · 27 Mar 2004, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jeremy Howard
We're planning that FastCheck will be used for this purpose.

Fastmail's Mac users (and Linux too, I would think) would like to ask how the porting process is going with FastCheck? I know there was some effort in progress to make it work on non-Wintel systems, but it's been a while since I heard any news.

Don't leave us out of your plans!

26 Mar 2004, 11:31 PM	#1
cirquitz Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 69	fastmail urls Hi, had an idea for some fastmail urls today. How if we had a special url for each main fastmail option ... such as ... to access the fastmail notepad: go to http://fastmail.fm/notepad ... this takes you to the fastmail login screen for login, and upon successful login takes you to the notepad section. possible url ideas: http://fastmail.fm/compose http://fastmail.fm/addresses http://fastmail.fm/notepad http://fastmail.fm/files http://fastmail.fm/options http://fastmail.fm/folder/myfoldername so supposing I wanted to send an email: I go to http://fastmail.fm/compose. This takes me to the login screen. On successful login, it takes me straight to the compose screen where I can send an email or if i wanted to view a specific folder named 'family_email': I would visit http://fastmail.fm/folder/family_email, this would take me to the login scr, and on successful login would get me straight to that folder ahhhhh i would love to be able to do this on the web interface! best regards, Joel.

27 Mar 2004, 12:05 AM	#3
cirquitz Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 69	couldn't get it to work Hi Daniel, Really sorry ... somehow I couldn't seem to get this to work. I tried typing options.fastmail.fm, files.fastmail.fm into internet explorer, I got this message: ************************** User page unknown The page you have tried to access is not a valid known user. Please check that you have the correct URL and try again. ************************** Neither did the user.fmdomain.tld/mail/foldername url work ... gives me the same message. Plz do let me know what i'm doing wrong, I've probaby missed something small

26 Mar 2004, 11:36 PM	#2
Daniel S Guest Posts: n/a	make them subdomains...as suggested on the Wiki, forum.fastmail.fm, faq.fastmail.fm, and this way you can also: options.fastmail.fm, files.fastmail.fm, user.fmdomain.tld/mail/foldername (last is from your filespace)

27 Mar 2004, 12:08 AM	#4
cirquitz Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 69	also, is there any url for the compose screen such as compose.fastmail.fm

27 Mar 2004, 12:10 AM	#6
cirquitz Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 69	ohhhh ok

27 Mar 2004, 05:48 AM	#7
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	We're planning that FastCheck will be used for this purpose. Right now, you can use FastCheck to jump to your inbox, or the Compose screen (and you can use keyboard shortcuts for this ). FastCheck keeps an open session on the server and uses that, so this is much faster than logging in the normal way.

27 Mar 2004, 11:18 AM	#8
cirquitz Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 69	I like that about fastcheck it's getting to be a swiss blade for fastmail I use it all the time at the office Bit by bit i'm turning out to be a fastmail addict

27 Mar 2004, 11:25 AM	#9
cirquitz Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 69	'course that means that fastcheck must be running ... for a quick check at home or at a friend's place it may not be ... hmm I had forgotten about fastcheck stuff tho, was just using it for real-time notification, so thx Jeremy for the reminder! best regards, Joel.

27 Mar 2004, 11:34 AM	#10
SusanUKF Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 5,428	Fastmail Rocks!! Fastcheck Rocks too!! The features and possibilities are endless!! Susan.

27 Mar 2004, 12:10 PM	#11
cirquitz Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 69	yep i concur fastmail has quickly gone up from being my favourite email to being my favourite website