Hello,
On Saturday, February 12, 2000 at 23:58:12 GMT -0800 (which was 11:58 PM where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
> Is there a way to make templates expand an address found in the
> address book?
I don't think so, but I haven't done much testing with this one.
> Say I have this entry in my book named "mom" which expands to
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Is there a way to make the template expand
> %TO="mom"?
For one address, why wouldn't you type out the whole thing for the
Template? (For lists, see my response below). Having said that, if
'mom' is the handle for the address book entry, then TB will expand
it as soon as you switch focus to the body of your message. Here TB
is inconsistent when dealing with lists and individuals. Try this
sequence to prove my point.
1. Make a template with %TO="mom" , where 'mom' is the handle of an
individual in your address book.
2. Make a new message with the template.
3. Select the To field and press tab. The name expands to the full
address.
4. Now repeat but change 'mom' to the handle of a group in your
address book, i.e. %To="List"
When you expand this one as in step 3, TB displays 'List <list>'
That doesn't tell me much more than just 'List' did.
> (Specifically useful for mailing lists.)
I don't know if this answers your question, but for sending mail to a
group in your address book, use,
%TO="Happy <list>"
^^^^^
Replace Happy with your Group's name
Alternately you could use,
%TO="happy"
^^^^^
Replace happy with your Group's handle
Unfortunately, when I was sending out the message, I never saw the
addresses to which I was sending the message. Perhaps this is the
problem you are describing? But one of the messages was bounced back
to me, and all the addresses were in the To field. So I send a
message to my Family group, my Template has %To="Family <list>"
Now Family <list> is in the To field.
Where in mail delivery cycle: Status of To field
1. Editing message --------------> Family <list>
2. Outbox --------------> Family <list>
3. Sent folder --------------> Family <list>
4. Recipients' Inbox --------------> [EMAIL PROTECTED],...,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ideally, I would think that the change should occur at (1) since the
editor is supposed to be a WYSIWYG editor, and in most respects it
is faithful to that end, except here. Having said that, if TB is not
processing 'Family <list>' until the message is sent, so that the most
recent version of the list is included, then the change should at
least occur at (3), although preferably at (2).
Looking at the address book properties, there is an option 'Hide all
items if not explicitly selected.' That was unchecked for the test
above. So my argument that the change should happen at (1) makes
even more sense to me.
Wow, this turned out to be a lot longer than I anticipated. Hope it
helps clear things up a little. :)
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Thanks for writing,
Januk
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