My clients are just now getting with the idea of e-mailing reports. Maybe I an incorrect, but I don�t see any way to give them the option of deleting the files attachment after they e-mail a report. Without the option, they either have to manually do it or be willing to let a folder needlessly fill up with files they have no use for. Of course, a different client might want to store them (Alpha Five�s paperless filing system for reports and letters?) but if so (especially if using their default e-mail program) they probably would want to specify a folder just for that purpose instead of storing them among all the other attachments they get and send.
So, I guess what I am saying boils down to this: Whether using the A5 e-mail utility or the default e-mail program it would be great if there were a way of specifying the folder for A5 produced out-going e-mail attachments (if possible at the database level so each workstation does not have to be individually set), a setting for auto deleting all of them after sending (or at next startup if that�s all that is possible) or an option for asking the user at send time if they want to keep or delete. If the code behind Report.send() has to determine where to save the file for use by the default e-mail program (no?), then at least some of this would seem possible.
Yes, I know some of this can be done by an individual user just managing their mailboxes. But in my experience typical users often have no idea how or an inclination to manage their mailboxes. Anyway, I thought I would ask, and maybe see if anyone else thinks this would be a useful feature addition.
Ray Lyons
So, I guess what I am saying boils down to this: Whether using the A5 e-mail utility or the default e-mail program it would be great if there were a way of specifying the folder for A5 produced out-going e-mail attachments (if possible at the database level so each workstation does not have to be individually set), a setting for auto deleting all of them after sending (or at next startup if that�s all that is possible) or an option for asking the user at send time if they want to keep or delete. If the code behind Report.send() has to determine where to save the file for use by the default e-mail program (no?), then at least some of this would seem possible.
Yes, I know some of this can be done by an individual user just managing their mailboxes. But in my experience typical users often have no idea how or an inclination to manage their mailboxes. Anyway, I thought I would ask, and maybe see if anyone else thinks this would be a useful feature addition.
Ray Lyons
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