Re: What are Chat Folders?
Hello David, Thursday, August 12, 2004, 3:04:39 AM, you wrote: DE> Sorry Leif, guess I'm a little dense. That makes it sound like DE> when I create a chat folder, it sets up a sort of ListServ or echo DE> relay, but only for TB users. IAE, it looks like something that I DE> can (should) probably leave for later. E. No.. I guess the simplest way to explain is would be to mimic it manually. You send a message to some friends at work. You then create a folder and a filter to filter any replies to that folder. All your friends who received your initial message or join in later also do the same. So you have a folder which collects all the conversation about your original message. The "Chat" feature just automates this for you. Where it can really make a mess is when you do it on one of the TB lists, because then everyone gets a Chat folder and that thread ends up there instead of whatever folder all their TB messages get put into normally. DE> Sorry about the sig line & the duplicated messages. I hadn't seen DE> such a feature before & the templates for my "The Bat" common DE> folder were all set to %BLANK by default. np.. :grin: -- Leif Gregory (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Tagline of the day: Sorry officer, I was holding my dogs' leash at the time. Using The Bat! 2.13 "Lucky" Beta/4 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB Current version is 2.12.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: What are Chat Folders?
Hello Leif, LG> So, for instance, if you specified this thread on the TB list as a LG> chat (don't do this as you'll tick some people off), then everyone LG> using TB would have this thread in the chat folder. Sorry Leif, guess I'm a little dense. That makes it sound like when I create a chat folder, it sets up a sort of ListServ or echo relay, but only for TB users. IAE, it looks like something that I can (should) probably leave for later. Sorry about the sig line & the duplicated messages. I hadn't seen such a feature before & the templates for my "The Bat" common folder were all set to %BLANK by default. -- Thanks for the help, David Current version is 2.12.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: What are Chat Folders?
Hello David, Wednesday, August 11, 2004, 12:37:37 PM, you wrote: DE> TheBat documentation seems a little thin on the subject of DE> folders. Could someone explain the usage(s) of a "Chat Folder"? Basically, when you specify a message as belonging to a chat, it puts that "thread" of correspondence in the chat folder. So, for instance, if you specified this thread on the TB list as a chat (don't do this as you'll tick some people off), then everyone using TB would have this thread in the chat folder. It's use is to keep all the messages together in a running thread so you can track the conversation in its entirety. You need TB users to be able to use this. And again, don't do this with a list message, as you'll force that thread into the chat folder with notifications to everyone on the TB lists who didn't turn it off explicitly (or maybe by default it is, I don't recall). -- Leif Gregory (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Tagline of the day: Cigarettes are the biggest cause of statistics. Using The Bat! 2.13 "Lucky" Beta/4 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB Current version is 2.12.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
What are Chat Folders?
Hey All, TheBat documentation seems a little thin on the subject of folders. Could someone explain the usage(s) of a "Chat Folder"? TIA, David Current version is 2.12.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
