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@17 July 2002, 17:04 -0500 (23:04 UK time) [EMAIL PROTECTED] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: <moderator> First things first. Avram. That was an excellent example of how *Nnot* to write a reply on this list. Top quoting - a nono. Too much quoting - a nono. <stock lecture> You're using the "Outlook" standard reply format, one that I find awful (but I'm feeling more like Canute by the day on that score). It is called "top quoting" and means that you let the quotes appear at the bottom and type your reply at the top. I have many reasons to *not* prefer the "top quoting" method: o It is harder to follow points raised and counterpoints made without them being interspersed. o Following on from that, as you go through the quotes interspersing your replies and clipping the "fluff", you actually ensure that all points raised and questions asked are covered. o The message chain becomes a lot more conversational. o Rather than growing exponentially with each reply in a thread, the message size is kept reasonable and to the point - if the back-reference is that important, surely it's on file! o Responses have immediate context rather than being a bolt out of the blue at the top of a message making you scroll down to re-read the original - not an easy task when it's in the light grey italics I happen to use to show signatures ;-). I know there are some instances where top-quoting is necessary - particularly in dealing with a technical support department where an issue may be passed around from person to person and the entire message chain needs to be kept live. I actually have a special template I use for such occasions. At all other time, I champion the cause of conversational email! :-). </stock lecture> As a result of top quoting, your posting includes all signatures and previous list footers of the message you are replying to - another no-no and this one is against the list rules. Please trim your replies. </moderator> Now - to business: AS>>> How does one go about setting up The Bat on a home network ... >> ... you can set up BAT that it downloads the mail, but it leaves on >> the server. ... Another alternative is you keep the mail on the >> server for 1 or 2 days. Correct. > what if the laptop user downloads a second time before the desktop > user has a chance to download? Nothing. Each user will only download once. There is a mechanism to ensure this. Already received messages are ignored. Set both systems to keep on server for 2 days and it will all tick along very nicely (unless one of the systems misses a mail fetch for more than two days) > I didn't ask the question, but I would also like to insure that any > mail that is composed and sent from the laptop is also stored on the > main (desktop) drive, rather than on the laptop. This way, all mail > is in one place and readily accessible. BCC it back to yourself. Alternatively to the "leave on server" scheme: 1) Configure TB in client / server mode. This is not a very well known or practiced configuration but is *is* in the help file. 2) Configure TB to use a shared path on the network as the root for the MAIL folder and work on the same real files. - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.62/Beta1 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 ' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.1.90-nr1 (Windows 2000) iD8DBQE9NfIoOeQkq5KdzaARAoKUAJ9XfExjBUHO/ERKHKW4H/x9Shq0fgCfQP1y akzBNUu5wDEAkYVoNL5xrgM= =6/jG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.61 FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/
