On Aug 24, 2006, at 6:07 PM, NPfield at aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 8/24/06 4:18:00 PM, Profile wrote: >> >> I don't use AOL, so I can't respond to it directly, but with Apple's >> Mail, you simply hit the reply icon while in the article you wish to >> address, it will open with the old message, the address filled in, >> ready for you to type and hit send. I would think you could reply in >> a similar manner with AOL??? >> >> John R. > > Thanks, John (and Russ, who also responded). If I simply hit > "Reply," I get a "clear" mail box with the correct address -- i.e. > "macgroup at erdos.math.louisville, edu." But the subject line reads > "Re: macgroup-digest V2 #1264" (or whatever), not the specific post > I want to reply to. So I have to retype the subject line. Then if > I select the message I want to reply to, copy and paste it into the > mail box, it says "In a message dated [whatever] owner-macgroup- > digest at erdos.math.louisvile.edu writes:" followed by the text > I've copied and pasted. Obviously, I'm not replying generically > to "owner-macgroup-digest," etc., so I have to retype that line > with the name of whoever wrote the message I'm replying to. Others > seem to do it with less hassle. Maybe it has to do with the fact > that I'm on the digest. Maybe it's just something I'll have to > live with. At least, my problem with garbled text seems to have > disappeared. In any event, much thanks for your responses. > > Nolan >
Unless you have a selection to (include text) or (include selected text) in your mail reply preferences, it seems more likely to be a problem perhaps unique to AOL's proprietary (e-mail) tool. Sorry -- wish I could help with something more relevant. Russ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060824/7772c473/attachment.html
