On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 at 21:27:59 -0400, Rich wrote:
RA>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 at 16:03:38 +0000, Doug wrote:
>>> That way, even if the address says "Quality Manager", your reply will
>>> say "Dear Dave,"
>>> "Dear %ABTOFirstName,"
>>> If you reply to someone who is not in your address book, you will get
>>> "Dear ,"
>
RA>> Even better is to use
RA>> Dear %Capital(%ABToFirstName="%ToFName")
RA>> If the Address book first name is blank, it takes the first name from
RA>> that address.
>
> In my (2.12) templates I have:
> Dear %Capital(%TOFNAME=+%if:"%ABToHandle"<>"":"%-
> but do not know what it does!
>
> I like the sound (explanation) of RA's template, and sometimes I am
> puzzled as to how occasionally the way my emails get addressed seems
> very counter-intuitive! Maybe I'd be better off adopting his.
>
> Can anyone please explain to me (not remembering where it came from)
> what my present template does?
You don't seem to have quoted the entire part. The next line or
perhaps more are required. What you have there says use the first name
of the address if it exists. If it doesn't, then if the address book
handle is present ... but what to do in that case appears on the next
lines.
Presumably the address book handle contains the person's common name
(i.e. Jim instead of James). Unfortunately that is pretty restricted
because each one address book handle must be unique if it is not
blank.
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