Hello Harriekins,
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:04:27 -0500 GMT (17/09/02, 21:04 +0700 GMT),
Harriekins wrote:
H> One thing I would like to set up, with two close friends I email a
H> lot, is to have a template where my reply begins above the
H> "heading" of the mail I am responding to, in other words, like in
H> Outlook Express where it automatically shows the below fields and
H> your typing begins *above* that. Can anyone help? Perhaps even the
H> cursor expression does this, I will find out!
I don't know Outlook express, but I believe you want to do something
that most people frown upon:
Dear Blabla;
(your message)
Greeting.
- Original Message -
From:
To:
Subject:
(total original message)
It is possible. I go step=-by-step, so it is easy to follow:
Without the header information, you can just use the following
template:
%Cursor
%Text
But that is not so good, as the original text will not be marked as
quoted (BIG disadvantage of Outlook). Better is this:
%Cursor
%Quotes
Now, you can put the full header info in there:
%Cursor
From: %OFrom
To: %OTo
Subject: %OSubject
%Quotes
But there is really no need to follow Outlook's conventions any more.
You are now dealing with a powerful email-client that can do better -
much better. Use your creativity and don't get stuck in old ways,
because the old MUA couldn't do anything else. Try yourself out and
find that life is much more than the narrow path of Outlook. Dare do
something different, something new, something creative! :-)
And find out why it is even more practical too, to not just top-reply
and bottom-quote, but to use inline-quoting. You will see that people
on this list use mostly inline-quoting, because this way, threads are
easier to follow. Welcome to the world of fully-functional email.
--
Cheers,
Thomas.
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