Hello Leif! On Friday, October 03, 2003, 9:38 AM, you wrote:
Leif> Ouch, I'm the bad guy! <grin> No, you're not! And by your "<grin>" I can tell you don't think that Marck believes that, either. When I first crashed into this list way last October, Marck got me for Top Posting and for breaking a thread. Then you explained the term "cut line" to me, and when I managed to comply, posted public praise that now you didn't have to delete my four-letter name. :) But of course, as so well explained by both you and Marck in the current thread, it's not just my name that has to be carefully deleted for economical, interesting, cogent posting, but all the rest of the footers, too. I *love* cut lines. They make corresponding with anyone, and especially this list, so much easier. <snip> Leif> As for some of the people who said they check over your messages many Leif> times before sending. Why? ... Well, for me, not "many" times but often two or three, just to try not to send too many typos, or mis-state my thought etc. So that's why I said that to Jeffrey Shumway about considering proofreading an e-mail message being an intelligent and prudent thing to do. It's no burden. And occasionally it will spare all of you a long post from me, like this one. :) <snip> Leif> The template is simple, here's mine: L> Hello %OFromFName, L> %ODateEn, %OTimeLongEn, you wrote: L> %Quotes L> %Cursor L> <dash><dash><space> <-- Done for the RTV viewers so it looks normal. I'm quoting your template, even though most people will have it in front of them on the thread, just on the off-chance someone doesn't. And for any total newbie lurking, or someone who's posting here using Becky (like Jeffrey) or Eudora, here's the place to copy-and-paste it: Tools/Address Book and highlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click on Properties. Then on Edit. Then on Reply. Take out anything you might already have in there and copy-and-paste Leif's template into it (minus the quote indicators "L>" :) ). To stay out of trouble temporarily, with just the need for the cut line, in case of unforeseen template absence, I have made a Quick Template. The path to making Quick Templates starts in the main window. Click on Account. Then Properties. Then Options. Then Templates. There's a long button here, Quick Templates--click on it. Then click on Add. Copy-and-paste the lines below into the window that appears. In the Handle field, I call mine "Bat Sig," because I have also my name and the mailer and operating system below "Best regards." Anyway, make this Handle something you will recognize. Click on "OK." Done. Now in the "Edit Mail Message" you can click on Utilities/Insert Quick Template and get a quick cut-line at the end of the message. Whew! <grin> Anyone who's read this far, really needs this help! :) I've probably given mistaken instructions somewhere here, also, which I'm sure someone will write in pronto in order to correct me! :) -- Best regards, -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1
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