On Wed 9 June 2004, 18:13:09 +1000, Roelof Otten wrote:
> You could use another AB field than the nickname, as the nickname is
> used as handle too. If you don't use the NamePrefix ('Personal' tab)
> you could use that to store nicknames, then you'd use:
> %ABToNamePrefix="%ToFName"Here is another solution. I have started to use the memo field for indicating lots of things about particular individuals. I use it to indicate particular signatures that I need to use for particular individuals (for work purposes). I use it to automatically set read and/or delivery receipts for particular individuals, and I have been helping Cyrille to use it to identify the language template that should be used for a particular individual. You can use the same memo field to carry out one or more of these functions. The convention I use it to have a separate line in the memo field for each of these. The line takes the form (without the quotes): "attribute: value" For instance as I use it, an individuals memo field may look like this: receipts: read delivery sig: consultant aka: Jules which would tell my templates to set both delivery and read receipts, use the signature defined in my sig_consultant QT and use Jules as the person's nickname. In particular, you can address the person correctly using the following QT ---- [ To_Name QT ] %_To_NN="%SetPattRegexp='(?im)^aka:\s*(.*?)$'%RegExpMatch='%ABToMemo'"%- %If:'%_To_NN'<>''%- :'%_To_Name="%_To_NN"'%- :'%_To_Name="%Capital(%ABToFirstName=^%ToFName^)"'%- ---- [ End To_Name QT ] Then start your message template with %QInclude(To_Name) This will use the nickname defined a the line of the form (without quotes) "aka: nickname" anywhere in the person's memo field. If there is no such line, it will use the person's first name from their address book entry, and if that doesn't exist, it will use the first name from their email address. -- Robin Anson Using The Bat! v2.11.02 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
