Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Don V. Zahniser
When running under 8.6, does the HTML viewer even work? I have my Powerbook 1400 set up with two boot partitions, one for 8.6 and one for 9.1. I _think_ I recall that when I first tried Powermail under 8.6, the HTML viewer wouldn't work (or maybe it didn't work right). I copied the HTMLRenderin

Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread The Internet Deity HaTMooL
Okay, ready for this? I had to go to "Setup Accounts" and select my default signature there. When I selected "Random Text Signature" as my "default" signature under "Accounts", I got the signature line where I wanted it, when this reply was initially created. Go figure. However, with that config

Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Marlyse Comte
this is interesting. I know it worked when I wrote it because thus I had written it just after doing it. I had been surprised myself, and thus I am sure it had worked. now I can't re-create it so maybe it just had been one of these odd circumstances which made it appear as if that was going on whe

Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Mark Gerber
There was a time (Sat, Aug 9, 2003 at 12:59 PM) when Don said this thing: >I am using Mac OS 9.1 - > >In this reply (which I used for testing): > >When I first start a reply, and have the preference for default location >of the signature set to 'Before quoted text', that's where my default >sig

Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Don V. Zahniser
I am using Mac OS 9.1 - In this reply (which I used for testing): When I first start a reply, and have the preference for default location of the signature set to 'Before quoted text', that's where my default signature goes. If, while in the body of my reply, I choose a different signature, it

Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Marlyse Comte
I wonder if your old(er) system is causing the problem -8.6 has been a little while since - last I used 8.6 something like 4 years ago or even more (?). Though why that would cause you having problems with the insertion of signature is above my logic and knowledge. ---marlyse ---

Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Leonard Morgenstern
On 8/8/03 7:32 PM Ben Kennedy wrote: >(Or, delete the message altogether without reading it since HTML in e- >mail is a bloody annoying scourge and a waste of your time) I agree that it's always a scourge, and it's a waste of time in 99% of cases. But there are exceptions. Unfortunately, some e-

Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread The Internet Deity HaTMooL
Marlyse Comte expounded: >here it works correctly. if I have insertion point set to be before >quoted messages, my signature shows also before the quoted text. > >also, if I move the cursor in a message some lines up or down and then >select a signature from the popup at the bottom of the windo

Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Marlyse Comte
here it works correctly. if I have insertion point set to be before quoted messages, my signature shows also before the quoted text. also, if I move the cursor in a message some lines up or down and then select a signature from the popup at the bottom of the window, the signature shows up exactly

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Marlyse Comte
don't set PM to automatically render html - exactly for this reason. if you want to see the message rendered, you can click onto the little globe at the bottom to be taken to your preferred web browser or select 'render html' from the little popup menu (also at the bottom of an html message). thus

Re(2): Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Bob Moody
Workaround on displaying/headers I use my web browser (Safari, Mac OSX 10.2.6) to go into webmail on my ISP and look in my mailbox. I then "select all" messages. Then I unselect the ones I want to keep and click on delete. No spam ever gets downloaded, and I can view the messages from within t

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Barbara Needham
Ben Kennedy on 8/8/03 said >On 09 8 2003 at 7:18 pm -0400, Nick Quinn's list address wrote: > >>But if you "open" or render the html, PM will resolve the urls. That is a >>privacy problem: it can inform a remote server that the mail has arrived >>and an attempt to spam is successful! > >Good poin

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Ben Kennedy
On 09 8 2003 at 7:18 pm -0400, Nick Quinn's list address wrote: >But if you "open" or render the html, PM will resolve the urls. That is a >privacy problem: it can inform a remote server that the mail has arrived >and an attempt to spam is successful! Good point. So, disable the "download exter

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Nick Quinn's list address
Ben, Thus spoke Ben Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Friday, 8 August 2003 at 7:12 AM +1000: >Unlike Microsoft products, PM won't arbitrarily start executing >attachments or javascript code or anything simply by displaying an e-mail >message. But if you "open" or render the html, PM will resolve

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Kjell Olausson
The Internet Deity HaTMooL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [cut] > Nope. I can tell PM I want to reply at the top of the message, but it > will still insert the signature at the end. :-/ Well it works for me. Have you set Preferences/Replying/Move Insertion point by default and added a Default signa

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Kjell Olausson
The Internet Deity HaTMooL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy folks! I'm giving PM a try and there are three things I'm having > trouble with and, yes, I've noticed the user manual and FAQ don't tell > you diddly: > > 1) How do you set the priority on a message?> Do you mean priority labels in t

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Michael Lewis
The Internet Deity HaTMooL sez: >I have no clue what you just said; RFC? PM doesn't recognize the >"Priority" header? The Priority header does not officially exist. Different email clients use "priority" in different ways so there are no guarantees the person you're sending it to will get a prio

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread Wayne Brissette
The Internet Deity HaTMooL [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Friday, August 08, 2003 stated: >I have no clue what you just said; RFC? PM doesn't recognize the >"Priority" header? No. What Ben said was in the Internet mail specification (RFC). There is an option in the specification to use what are called X H

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-09 Thread The Internet Deity HaTMooL
Oh and, by the way, thanks for you prompt reply! Ben Kennedy expounded: >On 08 8 2003 at 5:02 pm -0400, The Internet Deity HaTMooL wrote: > >>1) How do you set the priority on a message? > >No, because there is no such thing as priority in the mail RFC. Somebody >else can expound on this howeve

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-08 Thread The Internet Deity HaTMooL
Ben Kennedy expounded: >On 08 8 2003 at 5:02 pm -0400, The Internet Deity HaTMooL wrote: > >>1) How do you set the priority on a message? > >No, because there is no such thing as priority in the mail RFC. Somebody >else can expound on this however. > I have no clue what you just said; RFC? PM

Re: Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-08 Thread Ben Kennedy
On 08 8 2003 at 5:02 pm -0400, The Internet Deity HaTMooL wrote: >1) How do you set the priority on a message? No, because there is no such thing as priority in the mail RFC. Somebody else can expound on this however. >2) No matter how I set preferences or use the insertion point, signatures >

Evaluating Powermail: 3 Questions

2003-08-08 Thread The Internet Deity HaTMooL
Howdy folks! I'm giving PM a try and there are three things I'm having trouble with and, yes, I've noticed the user manual and FAQ don't tell you diddly: 1) How do you set the priority on a message? 2) No matter how I set preferences or use the insertion point, signatures appear at the END of th