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MrHatken · 11-24-2006, 02:40 PM

Howdy Voxalot Staff,

Would you please consider changing the voicemail email message subject to NOT include the message number?

It may seem like a good idea to include the message number in the subject but really I think it isn't because:

1) it doesn't really mean anything (was this message 3 from yesterday or today), and 2) it messes up message threading in email clients.

The latter reason is the main one, for me at least, since I thread my email and get voicemail messages grouped by their message number.

Grouping all message 3s is not very useful! ;-)

I think the date/time received (as recorded in the email header) is the best way to distinguish voicemail emails.

So a simple subject like "[PBX]: New message in mailbox XXXXXX" would be my preference. This would group all voicemail messages in one thread.

Of course, in a perfect world every user could set their own email message string (possibly including system variables like message number).

For your consideration.

Cheers,
Ashley.

11-24-2006, 02:40 PM	#1
MrHatken Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 18 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Voicemail Email Subject for Threading Howdy Voxalot Staff, Would you please consider changing the voicemail email message subject to NOT include the message number? It may seem like a good idea to include the message number in the subject but really I think it isn't because: 1) it doesn't really mean anything (was this message 3 from yesterday or today), and 2) it messes up message threading in email clients. The latter reason is the main one, for me at least, since I thread my email and get voicemail messages grouped by their message number. Grouping all message 3s is not very useful! ;-) I think the date/time received (as recorded in the email header) is the best way to distinguish voicemail emails. So a simple subject like "[PBX]: New message in mailbox XXXXXX" would be my preference. This would group all voicemail messages in one thread. Of course, in a perfect world every user could set their own email message string (possibly including system variables like message number). For your consideration. Cheers, Ashley.