[squirrelmail.git] / plugins / abook_take / README

Address Book Take

If you would like to add the sender of a message you're reading to your
address book quickly and easily without cutting and pasting, then this
plugin simplifies the process.  It scans the mail message you're reading
for any email address and lets you add it with a quick form.


Features
========

* Saves you the need to Cut & Paste
* Steals from the To, From, Reply-To, and CC fields
* Steals from the body of the message
* Address verification (pretty good)


Description
===========

By pulling down a list and selecting the address you want to add, you
are then presented with a familiar Add to Personal Address Book screen.
By filling out this form, you will then add the email address to your
personal address book.

The user can decide if the box is shown, where it is shown on the bottom
of the Read screen, and whether or not to attempt to verify that the
address works.

When trying to verify if the address works, it checks to see if the host
has any DNS record available.  Usually this will work.


Future Work
===========

* Maybe grab the name, if available
* Search more headers (when they become available)
* Steal from the body of the message directly (when possible)
* When new domains are added, update the email verification function


Installation
============

Go back to the main directory, run configure and add the plugin.


Credits
=======

This plugin has been originally developed by Tyler Akins and is now
maintained by the SquirrelMail Project Team.
Commit	Line	Data
7aa22276	1	Address Book Take
e8b140ab	2
	3	If you would like to add the sender of a message you're reading to your
	4	address book quickly and easily without cutting and pasting, then this
	5	plugin simplifies the process. It scans the mail message you're reading
	6	for any email address and lets you add it with a quick form.
	7
	8
	9	Features
	10	========
	11
	12	* Saves you the need to Cut & Paste
	13	* Steals from the To, From, Reply-To, and CC fields
	14	* Steals from the body of the message
	15	* Address verification (pretty good)
	16
	17
	18	Description
	19	===========
	20
	21	By pulling down a list and selecting the address you want to add, you
	22	are then presented with a familiar Add to Personal Address Book screen.
	23	By filling out this form, you will then add the email address to your
	24	personal address book.
	25
	26	The user can decide if the box is shown, where it is shown on the bottom
	27	of the Read screen, and whether or not to attempt to verify that the
	28	address works.
	29
	30	When trying to verify if the address works, it checks to see if the host
	31	has any DNS record available. Usually this will work.
	32
	33
	34	Future Work
	35	===========
	36
	37	* Maybe grab the name, if available
	38	* Search more headers (when they become available)
	39	* Steal from the body of the message directly (when possible)
	40	* When new domains are added, update the email verification function
	41
	42
	43	Installation
	44	============
	45
7aa22276	46	Go back to the main directory, run configure and add the plugin.
e8b140ab	47
e8b140ab	48
7aa22276	49	Credits
e8b140ab	50	=======
7aa22276	51
	52	This plugin has been originally developed by Tyler Akins and is now
	53	maintained by the SquirrelMail Project Team.