powermail-discuss Digest #3036 - Tuesday, July 9, 2013
URL display preference
by "Frank Mitchell" <[email protected]>
Re: Pre-purchase questions
by "mt" <[email protected]>
Re: URL display preference
by "Rene Merz" <[email protected]>
Re: URL display preference
by "Jeremy Hughes" <[email protected]>
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Subject: URL display preference
From: "Frank Mitchell" <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 13:47:04 -0700
I have been using Power Mail 6.1.5 build 4654 for several years in my Mac G4
PPC with OS X 10.4.11
Several messages to my Macintosh User Group email list claim that one can
*hover over* a URL in an email message to show the whole address and reveal the
true site the link will connect to.
I have never been able to find a way to get my versions of Power Mail do this -
can it be done?
If not, is there a later version of Power Mail which will do this for when I
upgrade my computer system later this year?
Thanks,
Frank
-- Frank Mitchell, Scottsdale, Arizona
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Subject: Re: Pre-purchase questions
From: "mt" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 20:32:46 +1000
Hi :-)
Thank you for your help! All works now in the test account I set
up - I had probably left out one of the required password, so
thank you for detailing the process so accurately!
I agree, to me Eudora-style stationery is a fundamental
requirement for a "professional" email client and it's a mystery
why current, most "advanced" (and 20 years more modern)
programmes don't seem to be able to offer the same simple, yet
powerful functionality. Mailsmith being the only exception in
this regard, as it does offer Eudora-style stationery. [--end of rant--]
Also many thaks for your generous offer! If you didn't mind
sharing a few Applescript examples, I'd truly appreciate some
guidance there. I'm not a programmer... but I do understand a
few things about computers, and hope I can get the gist of it -
at least for some of my simplest requirements. Will definitely
let you know when I'm ready.
Many thanks again,
Cheers :-)
marina
On 7/7/13 at 2:20 AM, [email protected] (PM FT) wrote:
>HI Marina:
>
>1. Email settings are contained in each account (Setup:Mail
>Accounts...) and are in three tabs. You have to get some
>details from your ISP, or check the required details in the
>emailer you are using at the moment.
>[...]
>
>2. Stationery
>PowerMail does not have stationery afaik. I got used to
>creating stationery using Applescript and it works fine, even
>though I am a total amateur in Applescript. If you want to go
>ahead with buying PowerMail I can send you some sample scripts
>and instructions.
>
>There is a handy scripts menu item to the left of the "Help"
>menu and you can easily access your stationery from there.
>
>I still think Eudora had the best email stationery setup ever.
>Don't know why other emailers lack this essential tool.
>[...]
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Subject: Re: URL display preference
From: "Rene Merz" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:40:11 +0200
Frank Mitchell wrote:
>I have been using Power Mail 6.1.5 build 4654 for several years in my
>Mac G4 PPC with OS X 10.4.11
>
>Several messages to my Macintosh User Group email list claim that one
>can *hover over* a URL in an email message to show the whole address and
>reveal the true site the link will connect to.
>
>I have never been able to find a way to get my versions of Power Mail do
>this - can it be done?
>
>If not, is there a later version of Power Mail which will do this for
>when I upgrade my computer system later this year?
Not just by copy & paste?
Copy the URL from your browser's address line and paste-it into the mail, like
this:
<http://www.ctmdev.com/powermail/manual/>
What's the problem with?
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Subject: Re: URL display preference
From: "Jeremy Hughes" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 11:04:19 +0100
Rene Merz (8/7/13, 15:40) said:
>Frank Mitchell wrote:
>
>>I have been using Power Mail 6.1.5 build 4654 for several years in my
>>Mac G4 PPC with OS X 10.4.11
>>
>>Several messages to my Macintosh User Group email list claim that one
>>can *hover over* a URL in an email message to show the whole address and
>>reveal the true site the link will connect to.
>>
>>I have never been able to find a way to get my versions of Power Mail do
>>this - can it be done?
>>
>>If not, is there a later version of Power Mail which will do this for
>>when I upgrade my computer system later this year?
>
>Not just by copy & paste?
>
>Copy the URL from your browser's address line and paste-it into the
>mail, like this:
><http://www.ctmdev.com/powermail/manual/>
>
>What's the problem with?
I think he wants to see links in HTML emails, so that he knows where the links
are going to go before he clicks on them.
In Safari, you can hover over a link and it displays the link address in a
status bar at the bottom of the window.
What I tend to do with HTML emails in PowerMail is to display them in a browser
(using the globe popup at the bottom of PowerMail's window). You can check
links from there. Otherwise I view them in their plain-text format within
PowerMail.
Jeremy
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