Hello Chris, On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:21:19 +1100 GMT (29/02/2004, 15:21 +0700 GMT), Chris wrote:
> This does all I want it too, except for the adding of multiple '>' > characters on replies. I'm not sure if the '>' characters in the > template above have anything to do with this or not Yes, it does. You are telling TB to add the character. > - if The Bat! automatically adds these onto replies anyway, but I > also have them listed in the template, does this mean that it will > add '>' onto '>'? Yes. > I see that Outlook at work does not add multiple '>' - it only > ever adds the one. I think it is a major shortcoming of Outlook, and I find myself adding the missing characters in replies. No, excuse me, I think this shortcoming occurs with the AOL mail software, not Outlook. > I suspect this may be a setting within the program itself - it's a > pity The Bat! has no similar option. Why would you want to ignore (falsify?) quoting levels? > I have noticed (by looking at the Preferences in The Bat!), that > the colour of the text that has multiple '>' before it is called > 'Quotation (Even)' & the text with only one '>' before it is called > 'Quotation (Odd)'. Can anyone explain the difference between this > 'odd' & 'even'? Odd numbers are 1,3,5,.. and even numbers are 2,4,6,.. The colours alternate rather than displaying the same colour for all quoting levels. I was very happy when this was introduced, but if you don't like it, you get change both "odd" and "even" to the same colour. > I just want to add the main reason why I want this Outlook like > template - most of the emails I send are to tech support. When doing > this, it is vital to have all the history of the email included in > replies. Yes, but this is what top-posting is for, and IMHO has nothing to do with ignoring quoting levels. > Also, what I particularly hated about the default The Bat! reply > templates was that nowhere in the text of the message itself does it > list the email address a reply was sent to. You mention the default templates, and I think the default is right. Usually a communication in tech support is back and forth between the same two addresses. However, I believe you are aware that you can include an %OFrom macro into your reply template at a convenient location. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Woran erkennen Sie, das Sie als Bedienung nichts taugen? Sie halten Caipirinha fur einen fleischfressenden Fisch. Message reply created with The Bat! 2.04.7 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 256MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.04.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
