-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Perry Nelson [PN] wrote:
PN> I joined this list primarily to get some help fixing a consistent PN> problem I have when I receive email from people who use AOL. When PN> I reply to their messages, the initials used in the quoted reply PN> are unsatisfactory to me because they aren't the person's actual PN> initials but are, instead, a derivation of their email address. PN> Here is an example -- "Hac>". The person's handle on AOL is PN> Hypersteev, so I understand where the "H" comes from, but what is PN> the "ac" part. So far, I've been unable to figure how to specify, PN> with an AB template or anything else for that matter, what PN> initials will be used to preface quotes in the reply. Have you examined the header information. TB! usually uses the From header information. Do the AOL messages include a name in the From: header or just the e-mail address? PN> Is it possible to tell The Bat! what to use as initials in a PN> quoted reply? Yes. You can either give a fixed string or extract the initials from header information using the %Quotestyle macro. If the AOL messages only include the e-mail address and you have the persons e-mail address in your address book, you could generate their initials doing the following: 1) Create a quick template and give it the handle name: 'Full Name - No AB Entry' Paste in it the following: %SETPATTREGEXP="^(?(?=.*?\@)(.*?)\@|(.*)$)"%- %REGEXPBLINDMATCH="%OFROMNAME"%- %SUBPATT="1"%SUBPATT="2"%- 2) Create another quick template and give it the handle name: 'Full Name' Paste in it the following: %CAPITAL='%ABofromNAME="%QINCLUDE=""Full Name - No AB Entry"""' 3) Creat yet another quick template and give it the handle name: 'Initials' Paste in it the following: %SETPATTREGEXP="(?is)(\w).*?([-_=@\.\s]+(\w).*?)?([-_=@\.\s]+(\w).*?)?$"%- %REGEXPBLINDMATCH="%QINCLUDE=""Full Name"""%- %SUBPATT="1"%SUBPATT="3"%SUBPATT="5"%- 4) Now in your reply template place the following macro *just above* the %quotes macro: %Quotestyle='=%Qinclude="Initials"'%- This system of creating the initials was given to me by Januk and a crafty method it is. :-) - -- -=Allie C Martin=- List Moderator | TB! v1.60q | Windows XP Pro PGP/GPG Public Key: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=2B0717E2 _________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAj0dz+AACgkQV8nrYCsHF+IsxQCfeUqrMqAUz1N2y5HBIZ60VRED NOQAoOHT66cWfzlnRMxmKMkTDRhxelCF =X7rO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbtech.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
