From: usenet@isbd.co.uk
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Stupid banks.
Date: 12 Jul 2004 12:43:35 GMT

Alex  wrote:
> Without a hint of irony, usenet@isbd.co.uk astounded uk.finance on 01 Jul 
> 2004 by announcing:
> 
> > Alex  wrote:
> >> Without a hint of irony, usenet@isbd.co.uk astounded uk.finance on 30 Jun 
> >> 2004 by announcing:
> >> 
> >> >> At the very least, after filling in the "comments" section, you can
> >> >> copy/paste into a text document and save on disk for future reference.
> >> >> 
> >> > Still not easily searchable (though possible).  I can currently search
> >> > through the whole of my 'sentmail' mailbox in a fraction of a second
> >> > even though it's several megabytes long.  Try doing that with hundreds
> >> > (if not thousands) of separate files.
> >> 
> >> Hang on a minute; how many letters are you sending to this bank?
> > 
> > It's not just banks.  It's businesses I buy stuff from as well,
> > insurance companies, etc.  I would guess I send some hundreds of
> > messages (which would be best sent using E-Mail) every year which I
> > would like to record in the course of business etc.
> 
> Heard of folders?

Not really, I call them directories, why use an (inaccurate) analogue
when the real word is better?

I also don't really see the relevance of your comment.  If the stuff
I'm searching is in different directories it makes the (automated by
computer) job more difficult than otherwise.

-- 
Chris Green