Re[2]: automatic customized reply templates?

2000-09-14 Thread Gerd Ewald 

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Hello A . Curtis Martin !


On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:22:02 -0500 GMT your local time,
which was 12.09.2000, 22:22 (GMT+0200) where I live, you wrote:

ACM> Additionally, instead of highlighting the old template, you may also use
ACM> the %CLEAR macro in your quick template. What this will do is erase
ACM> everything in the message body and then apply the quick template.

ACM> So for example, I've personally defined a template for software tech
ACM> support with the handle name 'ts'. Whenever I wish to send a message for
ACM> tech support, I click on the browser mailto: link which will generate a
ACM> message addressed to tech support. I then type in the message body
ACM> 'ts' where the default template is completely erased and
ACM> replaced with the tech support one automagically. :-)

Thanks Allie. Again one of the hidden secrets (to me) which makes TB essential.

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Re: automatic customized reply templates?

2000-09-12 Thread Marck D. Pearlstone 

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Hi Havivah,

On 12 September 2000 at 16:49:40 GMT -0400 (which was 21:49 where I
live) Havivah D. Schwartz wrote and made these points on the subject
of "automatic customized reply templates?":

HDS>>> so,   have   I  just  missed  a  way  of  doing  this?  (hoping
HDS>>> desperately...!)

MDP>> Boy,  have you!

HDS> *foolish grin* Who would ever have thought that customized reply
HDS> templates would be tied to the addressbook?

Actually,  /you/  did ! I over-trimmed your original query and lost
the  fact  that  the  answer  was  in your question: "I'd like to have
customized  templates  pop  up automatically when I reply to different
people".  If  you  want  per-people templates then the Address Book is
(kind of) the obvious answer when you think about it :-).

HDS> Nevertheless I think it would be really nice to have a button in
HDS> the Options-Quick Templates dialog that would take you right to
HDS> the AddressBook. (e.g., "edit templates in address book").

Except that there's another pointer missing here - they don't actually
have  a  connection. "Quick Templates" aren't templates IMHO - I think
they are better thought of as "user defined variables".

I use QTs liberally throughout my AB and default templates in the form
of  %QINCLUDE="QTname"  statements.  Most  of  my actual templates are
built from custom components defined in the QTs.

HDS> Ah well, can't have *everything*

Oh,  you'd  be  surprised  :-)!  IMHO it is the combination of QTs and
recipient  templates that makes TB *the* most automatically expressive
e-mail client around.

HDS> Thanks for the help!

You are most welcome. Enjoy.

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Re: automatic customized reply templates?

2000-09-12 Thread Havivah D. Schwartz 

Hi Marck,

HDS>> so,   have   I   just   missed  a  way  of  doing  this?  (hoping
HDS>> desperately...!)

MDP> Boy,  have you!

*foolish grin* Who would ever have thought that customized reply
templates would be tied to the addressbook?

Nevertheless I think it would be really nice to have a
button in the Options-Quick Templates dialog that would take you
right to the AddressBook. (e.g., "edit templates in address book"). Ah
well, can't have *everything*

Thanks for the help!

Havivah

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Re: automatic customized reply templates?

2000-09-12 Thread A . Curtis Martin 

On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:52:56 +0100, Marck D. Pearlstone wrote:

HDS>> so,   have   I   just   missed  a  way  of  doing  this?  (hoping
HDS>> desperately...!)

MDP> Boy,  have you! Templates may be defined individually for every folder
MDP> and  for  every  recipient  in  the  address  book. I achieve the best
MDP> results  (IMHO  and for my purposes) by exclusively using Address Book
MDP> templates  for  groups of people (Family, Friends, Contacts, etc.) and
MDP> individuals since templates can be defined at all of these levels.


I'd also like to add that there are two aspects about quick templates
that you may not realize. For each quick template, you can define a
handle-name (qt handle) and then to apply it to a message, instead of
going through the menus, you may simply type .

Additionally, instead of highlighting the old template, you may also use
the %CLEAR macro in your quick template. What this will do is erase
everything in the message body and then apply the quick template.

So for example, I've personally defined a template for software tech
support with the handle name 'ts'. Whenever I wish to send a message for
tech support, I click on the browser mailto: link which will generate a
message addressed to tech support. I then type in the message body
'ts' where the default template is completely erased and
replaced with the tech support one automagically. :-)

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Re: automatic customized reply templates?

2000-09-12 Thread Marck D. Pearlstone 

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Hi Havivah,

On 12 September 2000 at 09:03:07 GMT -0400 (which was 14:03 where I
live) Havivah D. Schwartz wrote and made these points on the subject
of "automatic customized reply templates?":

HDS> so,   have   I   just   missed  a  way  of  doing  this?  (hoping
HDS> desperately...!)

Boy,  have you! Templates may be defined individually for every folder
and  for  every  recipient  in  the  address  book. I achieve the best
results  (IMHO  and for my purposes) by exclusively using Address Book
templates  for  groups of people (Family, Friends, Contacts, etc.) and
individuals since templates can be defined at all of these levels.

The  template  in use here is the one for the [EMAIL PROTECTED]
address.  It  includes  the macro to mangle the From name and Reply to
address to produce the To: line you see above.

Take  care  when using folder level templates since you may be focused
on  a  folder  while  writing  to  an  individual  who would require a
different  template altogether. I steer clear of these myself but this
topic  was  recently  discussed  and  many  others  described how they
organize  /their/  templates.  Check  out  the TBUDL archives (address
below) for more info.

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automatic customized reply templates?

2000-09-12 Thread Havivah D. Schwartz 

Hi all,

I'm a newbie progressively learning the wonders of The Bat!'s
configuration possibilities. I'm now playing around with the
templates, but there's one thing I can't figure out how to do: I'd
like to have customized templates pop up automatically when I reply to
different people. As it stands now, I don't see any way to set up more
than one Reply template. Why does this matter when we have Quick
Templates? Well, Quick Templates are fine for composing new mail. But
as it stands now, if I understand correctly, if I want to *reply* to
an e-mail, I have to use the reply template, the one-and-only. I can't
just use one of my customized quick templates instead of the reply
template without first highlighting everything in the message editor
window and then going to "Utilities > Insert Quick Template". It
would be so much more convenient to be able to configure The Bat's
templates the same way we configure the Sorting Office filters...

so, have I just missed a way of doing this? (hoping desperately...!)

Thank you!

Havivah



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