Hi Nick,
On 09 August 2000 at 09:16:29 GMT -0700 (which was 17:16 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "My PGP key request":
MDP>> OTOH I *only* use address book templates (other than defaults).
MDP>> I have *no* folder templates. I never have any problems.
NA> Alright, what macro do you use, and where, so that when you are in
NA> the TBUDL Folder for instance, and hit "New Message", and new
NA> message blank pops up, properly addressed to the List? I cannot
NA> find any other way to do this except by use of the %To macro in a
NA> folder template. That same macro, nor any other addressing macro,
NA> simply will not duplicate that feature if put in an AB template.
NA> At least I cannot seem to make it work. :o(
Okay - cross purposes. I have been specifically talking about Reply
templates as opposed to New Message templates. You are quite right,
only a folder macro will give you a pre-addressed message, but I don't
like that to happen.
For New Messages I simply pull up a blank message template, type a
partial address and let Ctrl-Plus cycle the matches in the Address
Book for me. Once the right address is in there and you tab into the
edit pane the template is activated and "does its' stuff".
I suppose that there is no real harm in having folder specific New
Message templates - it's the "Reply" templates that cause problems.
OTOH if I wanted to write to, e.g., a colleague on a project issue, I
would have to first of all bring up TB from the tooltray, check which
folder has the focus, navigate to the right one (or at least out of
one that will give the wrong format of message) then /finally/ ask for
a new message. For these reasons the Folder template method is too
clumsy for me. It's too easy to be in the wrong folder and get a badly
addressed / signed / accredited message. When the template used is
keyed from the destination address, all is rosy IMHO :-).
The only time my method gets tricky is when there are multiple
recipients. In such cases, I start the message out addressed to a key
recipient who either gets a default template or I know I write to in
the requireed style and then, once the message is under way, doctor
the To and CC fields as required.
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Cheers,
.\\arck
Marck D. Pearlstone, Consultant Software Engineer
Moderator TBUDL / TBBETA
www: http://www.silverstones.com
PGP key: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=GET%20MARCKKEY>
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