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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:25:34 -0800, "Nevel, Simeon"
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> It's the "-extra-" specification in the default
> FieldOrder settings that gives you all the other
> non-EXCS excluded fields in the message header.
>
> By defining the FieldOrder explicitly *without*
> specifying "-extra-" you will get *only* the fields
> you list in FieldOrder.
Yep, I see that now. It's the sentence "If -extra- is not specified, then
only the fields listed will be displayed." buried in the middle of the page
that I missed. (The name of the tag threw me.) Thanks for the tip.
(Though I still wonder why EXCS isn't working for me with those particular
header fields, but I suppose it's not worth worrying about now.) I've sent
the new rcfile off, so later tonight I'll see how it worked.
> > ----------
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 2:22 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: More about EXCS and FieldOrder
> >
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> > Thanks. I read the FIELDORDER page a dozen times, but even now, I just
> > barely get the sense that it allows you to specify the fields. (It seemed
> > to me it just controls the order of the fields, not which fields are
> > present, when I first read it. And the second and third and nth time...)
> > I'm sending off an rcfile with no EXCS and just a FIELDORDER, to see if
> > I'm
> > doing it right.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:20:16 -0700, "Simeon ben Nevel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > >From the MHonArc documentation at:
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/MHonArc/doc/resources/fieldorder.html
> > >
> > > Description
> > >
> > > The FIELDORDER resource allows you to control the order the message
> > header
> > > fields appear in the HTML output.
> > >
> > > Each line of the <FIELDORDER> element is the exact case-insensitive name
> >
> > > of a message header field. The order the fields are listed is the order
> > > they will appear in the filtered message. The special field value
> > "-extra-
> > > " represents all fields not explicitly specified in the <FIELDORDER>
> > > element and not excluded by the EXCS resource. Extra fields are listed
> > in
> > > sorted order.
> > >
> > > If -extra- is not specified, then only the fields listed will be
> > > displayed.
> > >
> > > NOTE
> > >
> > > EXCS takes precedence over the FIELDORDER resource. Therefore, any field
> >
> > > matched by EXCS will always be excluded regardless if the field is
> > listed
> > > in FIELDORDER.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Default Setting
> > >
> > > <FieldOrder>
> > > to
> > > subject
> > > from
> > > date
> > > -extra-
> > > </FieldOrder>
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> > * Frank J. Perricone * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sover.net/~hawthorn
> > Just because we aren't all the same doesn't mean we have nothing in common
> > Just because we have something in common doesn't mean we're all the same
> >
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