Save Sent Messages

I'm not sure if this has been previously discussed ... but I was thinking that it would be nice to be able to save one's messages sent to other monks. There are times that one sends a message to a monk and the monk may not be able to actually reply until sometime later - unfortunately if the monk doesn't actually reference the earlier message, you sometimes forget what you originally sent and are in the dark with their reply. This sometimes can create a loop of discussions of .. "what did I ask you again?" or "This was in response to what?" It's possible that I may be the only one with a horrible memory, but I thought it would be nice to save send messages and then delete them when it's convient - basically saving sent messages in one's message inbox. I discussed this with footpad and he suggested a /msgcc tag. The message would not only be sent to the monk, but also sent to yourself. I thought to re-open or open this discussion..and ask for thoughts on this idea?

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Re: Save Sent Messages by epoptai (Curate) on May 25, 2001 at 21:22 UTC
My chatterbox client framechat has two variations of this ability. The message inbox has a generic 'cc-to-self' function (doesn't reflect who you responded to). The private chat feature 'msgchat' sends you a copy of each message sent with a 'To:"username"->' prefix. Before framechat I used to just resend long /msgs to myself so I wouldn't forget :-) -- Check out my Perlmonks Related Scripts like framechat, reputer, and xNN.	[reply]
Re: Save Sent Messages by TStanley (Canon) on May 25, 2001 at 20:58 UTC
I can see this as being a good idea,even helpful (to me especially, since I can't remember what I did 4 hours earlier sometimes) but it would be up to our fearless leader to implement this idea, and he tends to be overworked enough as it is. TStanley -------- There's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out -- Douglas Adams/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	[reply]