Re: putting identical subject line in multiple e-mails
Regarding my earlier question as to whether the - at the end of a string was part of the code or just intended to setoff the code from the rest of the posting, Roelof Otten said that it removed a blank line. I couldn't see that in his e-mails, even in his last example, because I couldn't directly compare the two examples, scrolling from one to the other, I didn't actually see the shortened space between the greeting and body text. However, when I tried this at home, and created two templates, one with and without the - and could toggle back and forth between them, the difference was obvious. So, once again, thanks, Roelof, for the advice. The e-mails have been sent. Now, the next step is to do that upgrade... All the best, -- 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
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
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 sigh)%- Your free to deviate from my text, of course. g -- 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: 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 sigh)%- Your free to deviate from my text, of course. g 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: 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 sigh) will insert this line in the subject header: I'm changing my e-mail address. (again sigh) 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
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 sigh) will insert this line in the subject header: I'm changing my e-mail address. (again sigh) 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 sigh)%- 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 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
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 sigh) is the subject and Hi. We are changing is the message body, is the following correct? %Subject=E-mail address change. (again sigh)%- 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 18:57:03 -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. g,dr 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 MyAddress' %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 MyAddress'%- %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
