Hello Greg, On Friday, July 19, 2002 at 3:10:11 AM you [GS] wrote (at least in part):
PP>> | %TO="[EMAIL PROTECTED] PP>> | ^^^ PP>> | %CC="" GS> Actually it worked with or without the closing " but thanks for the GS> correction. Correct. It set 'To' to ' ,-----= [ ] =----- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | %CC= `-----= With '%CC=' expanded to <nothing>. Therefore it _seemed_ to work :-) PP>> %CC="%ToList"%- PP>> %To=""%To="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" GS> I wanted to "CC" the original sender. Your macro doesn't work. For GS> example a reply to this message would send "TO" TBUDL and "CC" me at GS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I use your suggested macro, GS> %CC="%ToList"%-, and highlight the text I want in the reply and hit GS> F4, the "CC" field is blank. I tried it changing the order (i.e. "CC" GS> after "TO"), and woreked while TB! "CC" the list. This is not desired. GS> However, knowing order is important. <g> Maybe you made a little mistake when when copying the macro? Or your surrounding macros are syntactically incorrect (number of quote signs)? This macro works _very well_, I'm using it for months on that one list and for months before on several Debian lists :-) GS> What header does "%ToList" pull from in the original message? I GS> suspect "List-Id:". '%ToList' is the _complete_ content of 'To:' in the current mail. If you reply this is _all_ The Bat! thinks the mail should be addressed to. To get the 'List-Id:' from original mail you'll have to extract it using regular expressions from '%Header' :-) PP>> %CC="%SETPATTREGEXP='^From:\s*(\S+)'%REGEXPMATCH='%Headers'" GS> This pulls 1st word after the "From: " header. May fault. forget to mention this is still incomplete. For the whole line after 'From: ' you'll need: %CC="%SETPATTREGEXP='^From:\s*(.+)$'%REGEXPMATCH='%Headers'" PP>> %CC="%From" GS> I thought I used this, and it didn't work. I must of done something GS> wrong. Well I tried it a 2nd time. It does NOT work. Result is blank GS> "CC" field. Because it should have been '%OFrom' ... *slapping my forehead* Seems it was to late for me :-) GS> What I found does work is "%CC="%OFROMFNAME %OFROMLNAME <%OFROMADDR>"". Dangerous. Use it this way: %CC='"%OFROMFNAME %OFROMLNAME" <%OFROMADDR>' If '%OFromFName' or '%OFromLName' contains any character that's defined as 'special' in RFC-(2)822 your way will result in a RFC violating header, or in two mails sent out. Depends on how smart the MTA is. Embracing the whole name in quote characters make it RFC conform. GS> I never 'Reply to all' with a mail list. I can't think why one would GS> because the purpose of mail list so ALL can see it. Some times this function can be useful. Trust me :-) Several Debian lists for example are set up anybody can post, even w/o being subscribed. This way you can request help, write in your mail you'll need private response as you're not subscribed, but the mail can go for archiving reasons to the list nevertheless. :-) PP>> Similar if somebody already set a 'Reply-To' address, which would be PP>> _silently_ discarded too. GS> Well I suppose this could happen since my incoming filter is on GS> kludges with filtering string equal to email mail list address when GS> someone send message directly to me with CC to list. I wouldn't care GS> because the central focus would be the list on my reply. No. Vice versa :-) Somebody sends to the list with REply-To set to him ... call it malconfigured MUA :-) Or the explicit wish you responding _to him_, maybe because it's getting to OT if you respond on list?! :-) There're various reasons why this might be set :-) GS> Maybe I'm missing something here. If I use your macro with change of GS> order of "TO" & "CC" <g>, then most messages replied would be sent GS> twice to the list. Quite normal. If you first set 'To' to the list and _then_ tell 'CC' to be set to 'what is in To' it will result in CC = To :-) That's why _first_ setting CC to 'old To' (the original sender or a Reply-To that was entered) and then setting To to the intended value is the correct order :-) GS> BTW, thanks for the detailed response. It helped a lot! You're welcome. -- Regards Peter Palmreuther mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Bat! v1.61 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 1) The best way to accelerate Windows is at escape velocity. ________________________________________________________ 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/
