Feb 14, 2011
You know by now I recommend ToodleDo as the MYN tasks system for anyone who cannot use Outlook for tasks. One feature of ToodleDo is this: when you convert an e-mail to a task using ToodleDo, if you have the paid version, the task picks up any attachments in the e-mail, which is nice. And you can attach files to tasks you create manually.
However, you should be aware of the way ToodleDo saves these files—it has a side effect. On ToodleDo’s servers, all attachments for your account, across all tasks, are stored in one directory (folder) assigned to you; they are then linked back to each task so you can get at the attachments from the task. The unfortunate side effect of doing it that way is that, like any computer folder, you cannot have more than one file with the same name in the same folder. So, if you add a task with an attachment and the attachment has the same name as the attachment from some older existing task, the new file will overwrite the old file—with no warning. Both tasks now point to the new file. Not a great outcome; not horrible since it may be rare that you run into this, but not a good design, in my opinion. I am told the programmers there are working on a better approach, but in the meantime, be aware as you use attachments.
Michael
