Re[3]: Oops!! Power Failure
26 August 2005 - 06:48 Hello Spike, Thursday, August 25, 2005, 11:21:54 PM, you wrote: S> One frequent need is to S> refer back to software registration keys from years gone by. I know it's only one example of your need to keep a large db of messages but why not just keep a single text file of registration keys and add to it with each new product? -- Best regards, William Flying with The Bat! Professional version 3.51.10 Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Oops!! Power Failure
Hello Spike, On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 you wrote in S> Each new S> laptop I get (every 14 months or so) requires I re-install literally S> dozens of programs for which I may have received the activation key 5 S> or more years ago. I Copy all those mails into an "Important" folder. I park them so they can't be accidentally deleted and I also write a memo for each one so that it tells me which version of which software it is and when I bought it. I then just have to scroll through 130 messages in their own folder and it's a cinch as I have the view for that folder set so that the Memo field is permanently on. -- Regards, Richard | The Bat! 3.60.03 Forerunner (Beta) & SpamPal | Windows XP (build 2600), version 5. 1 Service Pack 2 | F-Prot AV, Kerio 4.20.B5 and no Plug-ins http://perso.wanadoo.fr/lazyhomes/holiday.html Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
Hallo Avram, On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:57:03 -0500GMT (26-8-2005, 1:57 +0200, where I live), you wrote: S> Sorry, Roelof, but I am still confused. (Maybe it's because it's late, S> I'm tired, etc. etc.) Over here it's supposed to be later than where you are. S> In your first example I don't see an empty line. Let's take this QT as an example: = Hello %ABtoFIRSTNAME="%TOFNAME", My e-mail address has changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change this in your address book, please -- Greetings, %FromFName == Now you'd like to insert a From address, a reply-to header and a subject. You'd do that with this alterations: = Hello %ABtoFIRSTNAME="%TOFNAME", %From='"My Name" ' %Reply-To="Another address" %Subject="Everything's better than a blank line" My e-mail address has changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change this in your address book, please -- Greetings, %FromFName == Apart from the headers this would give you: = Hello recipient, My e-mail address has changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change this in your address book, please -- Greetings, Avram == But the use of the %- macro would skip those empty lines: = Hello %ABtoFIRSTNAME="%TOFNAME", %From='"My Name" '%- %Reply-To="Another address"%- %Subject="Everything's better than a blank line"%- My e-mail address has changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change this in your address book, please -- Greetings, %FromFName == As the above QT would give: = Hello recipient, My e-mail address has changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change this in your address book, please -- Greetings, Avram == And some headers, of course. I hope this makes things clear -- Groetjes, Roelof "In God we trust. All others we monitor..." A Naval Intelligence The Bat! 3.60.03 Forerunner (Beta) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgpVm2Fqo2VNh.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
I had previously written the following: S> In other words, absent the second "%" sign and hyphen, would the S> subsequent text in the template just be ignored? To which Roelof replied: >No, it would be preceded by an empty line. >Hello %- >Everybody, >will give you >Hello Everybody, >When don't you place the %- macro at the end of the line, it will be ignored: >My name is %-Roelof >results in: >My name is Roelof Sorry, Roelof, but I am still confused. (Maybe it's because it's late, I'm tired, etc. etc.) In your first example I don't see an empty line. Your example suggests that Hello %- Everybody and Hello %-Everybody will both yield: Hello Everybody Bottom line, my question is, "To insure that subject text goes into the subject line and that message text goes into the message body, how do I craft the template?" If "e-mail address change. (again )" is the subject and "Hi. We are changing" is the message body, is the following correct? %Subject="E-mail address change. (again )"%- Hi. We are changing our e-mail address from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] effective immediately. Or, do I need to do something differently? -- Avi Avram Sacks Chicago using The Bat ver. 1.62r on MS XP OS Prof. Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
Hallo Avram, On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:25:15 -0500GMT (26-8-2005, 1:25 +0200, where I live), you wrote: S> In other words, absent the second "%" sign and hyphen, would the S> subsequent text in the template just be ignored? No, it would be preceded by an empty line. Hello %- Everybody, will give you Hello Everybody, When don't you place the %- macro at the end of the line, it will be ignored: My name is %-Roelof results in: My name is Roelof -- Groetjes, Roelof A vote on the tally sheet is worth two in the box. The Bat! 3.60.03 Forerunner (Beta) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgprkgEkByAip.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
Roelof Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/25/2005 at 06:01 PM wrote: >You don't really need to place %- at the end of the macro. But: >%Subject="I'm changing my e-mail address. (again )" >will insert this line in the subject header: >I'm changing my e-mail address. (again ) >But as it doesn't insert anything in the message body, it'll leave an >empty line. And that empty line is negated by the %- macro. >In so far you could call it a style mark. ;-) I was asking if the "-" was a style mark for *your* note, and I surmise you are telling me that it is a style mark for the template. This is beginning to sound like an Abbot and Costello routine. OK. Let's say I want to send a note that says, "Hi. We are changing are e-mail address from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] effective immediately." To insure that that text is put into the template, along with a subject line, would the entire text that goes into the template be the following? %Subject="E-mail address change. (again )"%- Hi. We are changing our e-mail address from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] effective immediately. In other words, absent the second "%" sign and hyphen, would the subsequent text in the template just be ignored? -- Avi Avram Sacks Chicago using The Bat ver. 1.62r on MS XP Prof. Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
Hallo Avram, On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:50:24 -0500GMT (26-8-2005, 0:50 +0200, where I live), you wrote: S> Not to put to fine a line on it, but just to be certain, do I need S> to insert a hyphen after the % sign in the template as your message S> shows, or did you insert the hyphen merely as a style mark? You don't really need to place %- at the end of the macro. But: %Subject="I'm changing my e-mail address. (again )" will insert this line in the subject header: I'm changing my e-mail address. (again ) But as it doesn't insert anything in the message body, it'll leave an empty line. And that empty line is negated by the %- macro. In so far you could call it a style mark. ;-) -- Groetjes, Roelof and that is how we know the Earth is banana-shaped. The Bat! 3.60.03 Forerunner (Beta) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgpTWtUTKPLtb.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
To recap, I had inquired: S> I am about to notify all those in my address book of an e-mail address S> change. I dutifully followed instructions to create a template message S> and have put all of the messages in the outbox, ready to go. However, I S> didn't see anywhere in the template box an option to insert a subject S> line... To which, Roelof Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/25/2005 at 05:17 PM responded: >Insert something like this in your template. >%Subject="I'm changing my e-mail address. (again )"%- >Your free to deviate from my text, of course. Thanks Roelof. It was actually your instructions from Feb. 2003 that I followed. (There are indeed advantages to not deleting e-mail!) Not to put to fine a line on it, but just to be certain, do I need to insert a hyphen after the % sign in the template as your message shows, or did you insert the hyphen merely as a style mark? -- Avi Avram Sacks Chicago using The Bat ver. 1.62r on MS XP Prof. Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Oops!! Power Failure
Hello Anthony, > It worries me a bit that e-mail programs in general seem to make very > little provision for selectively archiving or restoring message base > content. Eventually you end up with tremendously large mailboxes, and > if there's no way to selectively archive and extract stuff and > optionally restore it, eventually you're stuck, with or without > backups. This is a chronic problem for me, as my situation is the extreme illustration of this. There is no efficient way to do this for me, and I do OFTEN refer back to the archives. One frequent need is to refer back to software registration keys from years gone by. Each new laptop I get (every 14 months or so) requires I re-install literally dozens of programs for which I may have received the activation key 5 or more years ago. -- Warmest tropical wishes, Spike Quote for this dialup connection: "My wife and I were happy for twenty years then we met." /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign - Against HTML Mail \ / If it aint a webpage it shouldn't be HTML. XSay NO! to bloatmail - ban HTML mail! / \ Ask Spikey, he hates everything (HTML), especially the new AOL implementation! -- Composed & sent using TheBat! v2.12.00, hamstrung by Windows XP 5.1, Build 2600 Service Pack 2 on a Toshiba Satellite P25-S5261 / P4-3.2GHz with 2GB RAM / 200GB HDD (100GB X2) -- Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
Hallo Avram, On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:56:56 -0500GMT (25-8-2005, 21:56 +0200, where I live), you wrote: S> I am about to notify all those in my address book of an e-mail address S> change. I dutifully followed instructions to create a template message S> and have put all of the messages in the outbox, ready to go. However, I S> didn't see anywhere in the template box an option to insert a subject S> line. I don't want to send these announcements with a blank subject S> line. Insert something like this in your template. %Subject="I'm changing my e-mail address. (again )"%- Your free to deviate from my text, of course. -- Groetjes, Roelof Love is chemistry; sex is mechanical engineering. The Bat! 3.60.03 Forerunner (Beta) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgp4jVGI2uQbE.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Bat! web site down
Hallo Mica, On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:01:33 +0200GMT (25-8-2005, 19:01 +0200, where I live), you wrote: >> Not sure what you mean. I just deleted the empty line between them, >> because I don't like non functional empty lines between my quotes. MM> ...then it's a bit sloppy and hard to read, and particularly if you are MM> routinely going to reformat (Ctrl+L) just one of the levels wanting it MM> in your reply, it (oops!) reformats all of them inside the MM> bunch/cluster. MM> I couldn't imagine that someone is that mean to do that...hm, manually. No matter of meanness and no new feature, just a matter of taste. Note that I don't do it here, as it would be unclear that I quoted two paragraphs (and deleted the one in between). You should realize that on this list you're supposed to trim quotes. (preferably to a bare minimum ) MM> Okay, how many of you manual ones are into this? Are you aware that MM> Axelle is on her way back, ready to use her axie to make some functional MM> empty lines between the multilevel quotes...and the other parts if MM> needed? Now you've done it. We're totally off topic. I'm CC-ing this to tbot and that's where replies should be sent. )<)))'> __ \/ -- Groetjes, Roelof Windows practical joke: Write a program that works. The Bat! 3.60.03 Forerunner (Beta) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgpw7HXHatrSX.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/25/2005 at 04:02 PM asks in response to my Q about how to insert an identical subject line in multiple e-mails: >Why not just send a single email to everyone, with their addresses in >the Bcc: field, and your email address in the To: field? The last time I tried to do that, my ISP (ATT, which has since been acquired by Comcast, which is still my ISP) had a limit on the number of recipients that could receive any one e-mail. One customer service representatives claimed that limit to be anywhere from 25, another didn't know what the limit was but they all agreed that once the limit was reached, I would have to wait a half hour before I could send out the same message again to more recipients. They claimed the purpose was to prevent their customers from e-mailing spam. By sending out multiple messages to individual recipients, when I previously notified friends, family, and associates of an e-mail address change, I was able to get around the "multiple recipient" rule. -- Avi Avram Sacks Chicago using the Bat ver. 1.62r on MS OS XP Prof. Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
Hello sacksa, Thursday, August 25, 2005, 2:56:56 PM, you wrote: scc> Is there a way to insert an identical subject line in 140 e-mails, without scc> having to do so individually? scc> I am about to notify all those in my address book of an e-mail address scc> change. I dutifully followed instructions to create a template message scc> and have put all of the messages in the outbox, ready to go. However, I scc> didn't see anywhere in the template box an option to insert a subject scc> line. I don't want to send these announcements with a blank subject scc> line. So, is there a way to put an identical subject line in each of scc> these messages without having to do so individually? Why not just send a single email to everyone, with their addresses in the Bcc: field, and your email address in the To: field? -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
Is there a way to insert an identical subject line in 140 e-mails, without having to do so individually? I am about to notify all those in my address book of an e-mail address change. I dutifully followed instructions to create a template message and have put all of the messages in the outbox, ready to go. However, I didn't see anywhere in the template box an option to insert a subject line. I don't want to send these announcements with a blank subject line. So, is there a way to put an identical subject line in each of these messages without having to do so individually? I am still using version 1.62r, as I haven't yet had the time to upgrade to the current version. (I have time to do the upgrade, I don't have time to deal with any unforeseen problems that might arise in the process.) [Besides, if I wait long enough, perhaps they will be up to ver. 4.0. :-) ] -- Avi Avram Sacks Chicago Using The Bat ver. 1.62r on MS OS XP Professional Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Bat! web site down
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: TIGER192 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Thu, 25 Aug 2005, @ @ at 11:18:52 +0200, when Roelof Otten wrote: MM>> BTW, what's that with those versions 3 that they quote so badly| without MM>> the empty line between two paragraphs? [you see?]-->-| > Not sure what you mean. I just deleted the empty line between them, > because I don't like non functional empty lines between my quotes. I mean this, when you have quoted several levels of a quoted text, like this... /// >>> Never lean forward to push an invisible object. MM>> Is it leaning backward safe? \\\ ...why they are not separated by a functional empty line, making them thus more readable, like this... /// >>> Never lean forward to push an invisible object. MM>> Is it leaning backward safe? \\\ ...or otherwise reading something like this (with even more levels of a quoted text)... /// Your turkeys can FLY?!! >>> Yeah, but you gotta kick them really hard! scnr MM>> Yeah, almost like bird dogs. > if I ever catch you in the act of kicking a dog, you'd better make a > run for it or YOU are in trouble buster! MM Bird dogs work this way. If you want them to catch a bird, you have to MM fling them pretty high. >>> why not learn them to shoot, or breath fire instead? MM>> They're not smart enough, and barely master to glide. \\\ ...then it's a bit sloppy and hard to read, and particularly if you are routinely going to reformat (Ctrl+L) just one of the levels wanting it in your reply, it (oops!) reformats all of them inside the bunch/cluster. I notice such quoting so frequently lately that I got impression it's a new "feature" not "tweaked" yet properly, which produces this holiday for eyes. I couldn't imagine that someone is that mean to do that...hm, manually. Okay, how many of you manual ones are into this? Are you aware that Axelle is on her way back, ready to use her axie to make some functional empty lines between the multilevel quotes...and the other parts if needed? - -- Mica PGP keys nestled at: http://bardo.port5.com/pgpkeys/ [Earth LOG: 358 day(s) since v3.0 unleashing] OSs: Windows 98 SE Micro Lite Professional IVa Enterprise Millennium with nestled ZipSlack(tm) Linux 9.1, and, for TB sometimes, Gentoo and Vector Linuxes via Wine... ~~~ For PM please use my full address as it is *exactly* given in my "From|Reply To" field(s). ~~~ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEVAwUBQw35arSpHvHEUtv8AQaLTwgAihvCRgQ+IUWCGdQ6v3RPP2tdkAJ2I6s8 lCJkuDSo2c7r4Ekc/WF01OZ91Q0h0MQOeSlOmAKEkaaQv/Zpw0xEROuJSHuuqF/z kdETwWtW48ArW7lM3RNmGg7qmXpej7RsTd4xK/unf4OVoJoAIyeU/lcNUiWPyjtA rIWSkeNPdTsp+JpU+Zy85ls6LFUZz5KwwhGuViNdxFasBjus/6SkL4rKNvfsNuv3 7+fPTw4So3jiNcvGwr9VQ/4yvF4GXcKyO4LjcuRMET0EACpWQvtFtyI2m1mahk63 mEBttb8ArDiwcUwzilvchTxpyB+UrrlY6Ip0c6I8aJCsvmHE5AdRLw== =a2WY -END PGP SIGNATURE- Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Is there a VAT field in The Bat! v3.5 Addressbook
qe3ee wrote: q> In New Message i pasted: q> %QInclude(ab_memo_item,"VAT","") So you want to use the VAT info in the body of outgoing messages, correct? Try putting: %QInclude(ab_memo_item,"VAT","")%- in a QT called "vat". Then compose a message to someone who you've added the vat item to the AB memo. In the body of the email type "vat" (without the quotes) and press Ctrl+Space. The "vat" should be replaced by the value of the memo item. If this works, then you can add this to the appropriate message templates if you want to automatically generate output. What is the output you're looking for? q> In memo I pasted the VAT number and the VAT=yes code: VAT, q> SE1234567890 (not a real VATnumber) Are you going to want to use the VAT number programmatically as well? q> I would be most greatful if this could be practicaly usable. Hopefully we can get it working. Unfortunately, I don't have a v2 TB! handy to test with so if there are v2 vs. v3 differences it could get sticky. -- George Using The Bat! 3.60.03 Forerunner (Beta) on Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2. Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: LAN connectioin
Dear Clive, Thursday, August 25, 2005, 2:15:58 PM, you wrote: CT> Right click the account name in the folder tree then: CT> Properties/network/use account specific network properties - you'll CT> see the options there. Thank you -- Best wishes, Roymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit Roy & Eleanor's website http://www.squish.plus.com/ Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Oops!! Power Failure
Hello Robert C Wittig & everyone else, on 25-Aug-2005 at 13:22 you (Robert C Wittig) wrote: > It is really my favourite MUA, but I think it was developed in a > non-*nix-friendly language, so unfortunately there will probably never > be a *nix release for it. Time to WINE. ;-) You can run TB on Linux with it (I'm not doing this myself, but there's others). -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever. -- Albert Einstein Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: LAN connectioin
Hello Roy, Thursday, August 25, 2005, 1:51:48 PM, you wrote: > How do I get The Bat! to use my local area network? Right click the account name in the folder tree then: Properties/network/use account specific network properties - you'll see the options there. -- Regards, Clive Taylor TheBat!:3.60.03 Forerunner (Beta) Windows XP: Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
LAN connectioin
How do I get The Bat! to use my local area network? I changed the setting under network administration and it accepted it but it still looks for the dial up when I try to check my mail. Help please - not using The Bat 3.51.10 with Windows XP service pack 2 Roy Jackson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Is there a VAT field in The Bat! v3.5 Addressbook
Hello wonderful George Mitchell,
den 24 augusti 2005, 21:58:37, du skrev:
GM> qe3ee wrote:
q>> A small question: Is there a VAT field in The Bat! v3.5
q>> Addressbook
GM>
q>> OR is there a smart way to create new formfields in the addressbook?
GM> You could always use the address book memo field. If you need to
GM> access the value programmatically, the following QT might help. I
GM> *think* it uses a syntax available in v2, but I'm not 100% sure. This
GM> QT is a generalization of a technique I saw used by Robin Anson. It
GM> allows you to specify INI file like key/value pairs in the AB memo
GM> field. In your case, you might have a line like:
GM> VAT=yes
GM> It can occur anywhere in the field - I put them at the end. The QT to
GM> access it is as follows (call it ab_memo_item):
GM> %Rem(" Usage: %QInclude(ab_memo_item,,)")%-
GM> %-
GM> %SetPattRegExp("(?im)^%_1\s*=\s*(.*?)\s*$")%-
GM> %RegExpBlindMatch(%ABToMemo)%-
GM> %_ABI_Value=%SubPatt(1)%-
GM> %If:"%_ABI_Value"<>""%-
GM> :"%_ABI_Value"%-
GM> :"%_2"%-
GM> To get the value, you could use something like:
GM> %QInclude(ab_memo_item,"VAT","")
GM> or
GM> %QInclude(ab_memo_item,"VAT","no")
GM> As written, the QT uses the AB entry for the To field of new messages
GM> or replies. You might have to change the ABToMemo to something else
GM> to use it in another context.
GM> I use this technique to customize my signature for certain
GM> individuals. My "Friends" AB group message templates contain the
GM> line:
GM> %QInclude(%QInclude(ab_memo_item,"sig","default_sig"))%-
GM> I have a QT called default_sig that contains my normal signature. For
GM> any individual I want to use a different signature for, I include a
GM> line in the memo field of that person's AB entry that names a specific
GM> signature QT, such as:
GM> sig=tagline_sig
GM> I hope this makes sense.
Thankyou George!
GM> I hope this makes sense.
Partly!
In New Message i pasted:
%QInclude(ab_memo_item,"VAT","")
In QT named ab_memo_item I pasted:
%Rem(" Usage: %QInclude(ab_memo_item,,)")%-%-
%SetPattRegExp("(?im)^%_1\s*=\s*(.*?)\s*$")%-
%RegExpBlindMatch(%ABToMemo)%-
%_ABI_Value=%SubPatt(1)%-
%If:"%_ABI_Value"<>""%-
:"%_ABI_Value"%-
:"%_2"%-
In memo I pasted the VAT number and the VAT=yes code:
VAT, SE1234567890 (not a real VATnumber)
VAT=yes
Result no output in New Message
-Sorry!
I would be most greatful if this could be practicaly usable.
--
kind regards,
qe3ee mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
E fructu arbor cognoscitur
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Re: Oops!! Power Failure
Hello Anthony, Thursday, August 25, 2005, 1:36:55 AM, you wrote: AGA> Another happy user of TB, I gather? I'm running an ancient version... 1.60q. I had been using Linux Red Hat as my Internet Gateway for quite a while, so I never bothered to upgrade TB!, as it was just lying dormant on my Win2k graphics workstation, but I recently upgraded to SBC-Yahoo DSL for my Internet connection, so I dusted of The Bat!, and put it back in service. It is really my favourite MUA, but I think it was developed in a non-*nix-friendly language, so unfortunately there will probably never be a *nix release for it. As soon as I figure out how to get SBC DSL to play nicely with Red hat, I will probably put TB! back into mothballs, and go back to using Thunderbird, which is the best *nix currently has to offer, but is not in the same class as TB!. AGA> It worries me a bit that e-mail programs in general seem to make very AGA> little provision for selectively archiving or restoring message base AGA> content. Eventually you end up with tremendously large mailboxes, and AGA> if there's no way to selectively archive and extract stuff and AGA> optionally restore it, eventually you're stuck, with or without AGA> backups. I remember way back in the old CompuServe days (early 1990's, there was just such an application called FileCab, IIRC, for archiving Forum messages independent of WinCim 2.6.1. I have been archiving those few emails I need to keep in long term storage as re-named text files, in a regular directory tree, along with their related non-email counterparts, so that, for instance, The keys and other related email docs for my various downloaded applications are stored in the folders with the downloaded binaries, and the emails related to individual customer jobs and purchases are stored in individual folders with my notes and images for those individual customers, and jobs. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Is there a VAT field in The Bat! v3.5 Addressbook
Hi, ,- - [ Le mercredi 24 août 2005 vers 20:13 qe3ee écrivait: ] - - | > Another drawback I have encountered is the lack of database driven > e-mail > archive. The huge amount of data that need to accessed to form various part > of ... > A database had made the archiving and accessing of year old messages > easier. | `- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TheBat use databases to store their messages... It just use his own format of database. You can create archive folders and move old messages to those folders, and just opening those folders when you need them... -- Best regards... _ (_' ,_)téphane Bouvard [antarex AT freenet DOT be] http://www.antarex.be -- _ _ |_)(_ Votre propre nom de domaine .be - service de qualité - 25 Euros o|_)(_ Hosting php4/cgi/mySQL - 100 Euros, pq payer plus ? www.myown.be Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Bat! web site down
Hallo Mica, On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:36:27 +0200GMT (25-8-2005, 0:36 +0200, where I live), you wrote: MM> BTW, what's that with those versions 3 that they quote so badly| without MM> the empty line between two paragraphs? [you see?]-->-| Not sure what you mean. I just deleted the empty line between them, because I don't like non functional empty lines between my quotes. -- Groetjes, Roelof FIDO: Fading Into Discreet Obsolescence The Bat! 3.60.03 Forerunner (Beta) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgpR72Dw3Zabq.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Bat! web site down
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Wed, 24 Aug 2005, @ @ at 23:45:35 +0200, when Roelof Otten wrote: > Hallo Mica, > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:14:02 +0200GMT (24-8-2005, 14:14 +0200, where I > live), you wrote: >>> Never lean forward to push an invisible object. MM>> Is it leaning backward safe? ^---<--<--<| > Yes, because in that case you can't see it anyway. ;-) | | Is it a bad you can't see because it's invisible worse than a bad| you can't see because you can't see, even if it is invisible? / / BTW, what's that with those versions 3 that they quote so badly| without the empty line between two paragraphs? [you see?]-->-| - -- Mica PGP keys nestled at: http://bardo.port5.com/pgpkeys/ [Earth LOG: 358 day(s) since v3.0 unleashing] OSs: Windows 98 SE Micro Lite Professional IVa Enterprise Millennium with nestled ZipSlack(tm) Linux 9.1, and, for TB sometimes, Gentoo and Vector Linuxes via Wine... ~~~ For PM please use my full address as it is *exactly* given in my "From|Reply To" field(s). ~~~ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iD8DBQFDDPZo9q62QPd3XuIRA/vZAJ4xbzMgAQI3Qjlb/2q6MgeDJ5mBLACeLNb8 W2OyMrIZDWzReW0pOoaPce4= =/wCs -END PGP SIGNATURE- Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
