Re: (Sort of) New User Questions

2022-06-09 Thread Fred Weissman
e - thanks very much for the link. Appreciate the help. > On Thursday, June 9, 2022, 20:17:55, Fred Weissman wrote: >> 1- I'm  a plain-text person, not HTML. I will use it for email when >> absolutely necessary. I want my new messages -and- my replies to be in >>

(Sort of) New User Questions

2022-06-09 Thread Fred Weissman
After many (many!) years of using v2, I finally ungraded to v10. Needless to say, there have been a few changes, most of which I have figured out. Here are a couple with which I need help.   1- I'm  a plain-text person, not HTML. I will use it for email when absolutely necessary. I want my new

Re: How to subscribe to newsgroups?

2002-12-21 Thread Fred Weissman
> Hello Fred, >> Apparently the archives do not go back much before the current month. >> Or I couldn't find how to get into the April archives. > Yes, they do go back that far. Try: > http://www.mail-archive.com/tbudl@thebat.dutaint.com/msg36819.html Ahhh ... there it is. And it -is- rather l

Re: How to subscribe to newsgroups?

2002-12-21 Thread Fred Weissman
> No, TB is not a news reader. But there are good solutions with the aid > of third party software. If you take a look at the list archives, my > solution (working flawlessly) is explained in: ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Newsgroups with The Bat! and MailTraq >

Re: why do my #?@! filters not work

2001-06-01 Thread Fred Weissman
> The very *last* filter will search > for "e" anywhere, and will filter straight into the trash. Actually works > quite well. Perhaps I'm missing something here, but why the "e"? Thanks. -- I guess of all my uncles, I liked Uncle Cave Man the best. We called him Uncle Cave Man because he li

Re: proper english or not?

2001-02-28 Thread Fred Weissman
> What is the correct form: Organisation or Organization? 's' or 'z'? "Organization" with a "z" is -American- English, while "organisation" with a "s" is the Queen's English - English as spoken (spelled) in the United Kingdom. -- When I die, I want to go sleeping like my grandfather. Not scre

Re: slow spell check

2001-01-06 Thread Fred Weissman
NA>> If I'm not mistaken, TB!'s spell checker has 3 settings, with the 3rd being NA>> the most comprehensive, but also taking the longest time. Perhaps you have NA>> inadvertently chosen door #3. ;o) > I have it set at: Moderately fast and accurate. I go along with > accurate description, but mo

Re: how use The Bat for news...?

2001-01-06 Thread Fred Weissman
> Well, you can read newsgroups with TB actually. You need of course > third-party programs to get yourself a workaround. I only know this > very little as I'm not into newsgroups, but on the german TB list are > some users who use TB and some program named Korrnews or Hamster to > read and send t

Re: Palm Support?

2001-01-03 Thread Fred Weissman
> One question: Is there any support available to synchronize E-Mails > from The Bat with my Palm PDA? And if not, is support planned for the > future? As a long-time TheBat user, and a fairly recent Palm IIIxe user, I'm following this public thread. In the hopes that someone contacts you off-li

Sorry

2000-12-14 Thread Fred Weissman
Please excuse my test message. I was in the wrong folder went I created it. Sorry. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.ne.mediaone.net/phred13 -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a

Re: Saving Message in a Folder

2000-12-06 Thread Fred Weissman
>> Is there any macro expression that I can place in a template will let me >> create a new message in a folder and upon sending, let it -remain- in that >> folder? > As far as I know, no. You need to create outgoing filters to do this. > I would find this facility very useful. There are severa

Saving Message in a Folder

2000-12-05 Thread Fred Weissman
Is there any macro expression that I can place in a template will let me create a new message in a folder and upon sending, let it -remain- in that folder? I don't care if it winds up in the sent folder also, but I'd like a copy to remain where created. Thanks... -- I'm looking forward to base

"Trusted Root CA" in Address Book

2000-09-20 Thread Fred Weissman
Maybe this has been discussed recently, but I don't recall seeing it. I'm running v1.46 and have noticed two folders in my address book that I didn't put there: Trusted Root CA and Intermediate CA. If I delete them, they reappear the next time I launch TheBat. What are they for? Do I need them

Re: Moving parked messages

2000-07-31 Thread Fred Weissman
CM>> IMO, very awkward. To me "park" is a misnomer for the intent of the CM>> function; "keep" would be more like it, and then it should be CM>> "sticky," not disappear upon moving the message. CM>> But, I fear we may be in the minority here. > As someone who has been losing hair over this for

Changing a date

2000-07-11 Thread Fred Weissman
Is there any way to change the "date created" on a message which has been received? For some reason, it has a year of 2017 on it, and I sort this folder by date created. Therefore, this message remains at the top of the list. Thanks... -- No one is listening until you make a mistake. [EMAIL P

Re: Message List Columns

2000-05-31 Thread Fred Weissman
>> I discovered this when I tried to set some specific folders to use the >> account default settings and they kept showing all the columns. >> >> Can anyone else reproduce this? >> Do we have a problem here? > The problem is that you can't set the account default or any other column > setting

Message List Columns

2000-05-31 Thread Fred Weissman
I'm using 1.44 and seem to be having a problem with getting the Message List Columns to "stick." From tree view of my accounts, I highlight the account and then use the VIEW drop-down and select MESSAGE LIST COLUMNS. I then remove the columns I don't wish to see and click OK. The unwanted colum

Re: Auto Format

2000-05-08 Thread Fred Weissman
> I am having a real problem with the above. In order to keep the > cursor from scrolling down and not being visualized as I am typing, > one must have Auto Format on, or it seems. Every time I set the > darn thing, it turns itself off again. This happens with composing > new mail, or

Re: Editor Cursor Movement

2000-05-07 Thread Fred Weissman
> On Sun, 7 May 2000 11:37:28 -0400, Fred Weissman wrote: >> I just upgraded to 1.42 and have found something that behaves differently >> than it did in prior versions. I don't want to call it a bug just yet, but >> I'd like to know if anyone else is experiencing i

Editor Cursor Movement

2000-05-07 Thread Fred Weissman
I just upgraded to 1.42 and have found something that behaves differently than it did in prior versions. I don't want to call it a bug just yet, but I'd like to know if anyone else is experiencing it... When I'm at the bottom of the editor window typing a new message or a reply, and the line wrap

Re: Our list - everything OK ?

2000-04-02 Thread Fred Weissman
> On Sunday, April 02, 2000, 1:41:27 PM, Homesick Mac wrote: >> I was just wondering, what's happening with our list, I haven't received >> anything since March 28th... > You might want to check with your Mail Server, as there has been quite a > lot of traffic over the past 4 days. Begging t

Re: 1.41 .exe size

2000-03-11 Thread Fred Weissman
FW>> Are you saying the if I downloaded the_bat.exe and ran the full FW>> install, the .exe would be one-third the size? If so, this doesn't FW>> make sense. Why have two different size executables? And FW>> furthermore, why not have the smaller one available for those of FW>> use who don't need t

Re: 1.41 .exe size

2000-03-11 Thread Fred Weissman
FW>> Given the relatively minor fixes/changes shown on the 1.41 change FW>> list, could someone explain to me why the .exe file has doubled in FW>> size to just over three megs? > Because it's an uncompressed executable. After you install the full > version, you'll note that the the_bat.exe file

1.41 .exe size

2000-03-11 Thread Fred Weissman
Given the relatively minor fixes/changes shown on the 1.41 change list, could someone explain to me why the .exe file has doubled in size to just over three megs? A curious mind wants to know. Thanks... -- If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. [EMAIL

Re: Use of Quote Character in TB

2000-02-07 Thread Fred Weissman
> Someone posted an indepth explaination about a month ago, unfortunately I > don't have access to my archives at the moment to find out exactly who or > when, but the basic idea is that since TB supports the name>> This line should be highlighted as a quote. Nope, it isn't. > syntax, then if

Re: Digest (01/29/2000 06:00) (#2000-331)

2000-01-29 Thread Fred Weissman
> Hello list, > Friday, January 28, 2000, 6:01:40 PM, you wrote: lmtdc>> I can't answer the MAPI part but go to Account > Properties > Options, lmtdc>> tick the little box that says 'Periodical checking each' and tell it how lmtdc>> often you want it to auto check for mail. > When I go to Acco

Re: Selecting quoted portion of a reply

2000-01-28 Thread Fred Weissman
> Allie wrote... AM>> That'd be F4 or right-click on the message, go to specials and it's AM>> there "reply quoting using selected text". > That's it, F4! Thanks! This is a fine solution, and another example of > how well thought out a program it is. Is there an equivalent for a -forward- quoti

Re: Spell Checker Oddity ?

2000-01-26 Thread Fred Weissman
NA>> Thanks Nick... always saw the bolded line, but didn't realize that double NA>> right clicking would do the trick... such a "feature" isn't documented NA>> anywhere. :o) > It's there under Spell Checking: > "- Intelligent suggestions for misspelled words - SSCE can locate > suggested replace

Re: Spell Checker Oddity ?

2000-01-26 Thread Fred Weissman
> In Reference to "Spell Checker Oddity ?" From Nick Andriash: NA>> Fred, it's supposed to automatically correct common mistyping's ;o) such NA>> as Febuary... in which case, as soon as you are finished the word _and_ NA>> the word exists in the correct.tlx Dictionary, then the word would/should

Re: Spell Checker Oddity ?

2000-01-26 Thread Fred Weissman
> On Tuesday, January 25, 2000, 2:09:00 PM, Fred Weissman wrote: >> "Ignore All" as I understand it, tells the checker to ignore all occurrences >> of that word for -this- message (or use) only. Since it's not being added >> to the user dictionary, it will f

Re: Spell Checker Oddity ?

2000-01-26 Thread Fred Weissman
> On Tuesday, January 25, 2000, 1:54:34 PM, Nick Andriash wrote: >> I have "auto correct" enabled > A clarification on the above statement... I have "Automatic Checking" > enabled, as "Auto Correct" doesn't work for me, and never has. Good point. I can't find anything in the help file that stat

Re: Spell Checker Oddity ?

2000-01-25 Thread Fred Weissman
> I have "auto correct" enabled, and if I see a word that's been underlined > because of a spelling error, but decide not to add the word to my User's > Dictionary... or correct it, and choose "Ignore All"... if I happen to > type the word again, the Spell Checker will underline it yet again, as i

Wish List - "Marked Read" Feature

2000-01-20 Thread Fred Weissman
Has any thought been given to a feature (option?) whereby a message becomes automatically marked as read once it has been replied to? Since mail that has been replied to is (usually) read, having the system mark it as such would save a keystroke or two. I will often read through incoming mail qu

Re: Warning! Check Your Temp Directories!

2000-01-15 Thread Fred Weissman
>If you do find TB files in your temp directory, I would appreciate >it (as would RITLabs) if you could check for the following: >1. File locations (c:\temp, c:\windows\temp, or elsewhere) >2. File names >3. File MIME types (are they all multi-part)? >4. Message dates >

Re: Template Help Please

2000-01-09 Thread Fred Weissman
FW>> And good luck solving the Mailer Daemon problem. > Q: Those of you experiencing the problem - what Reply-To address are > you *stating* for posting to the list? N.B. It should be your own > address, not that of TBUDL. My own - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Never, ever use repetitive redunda

Re: Template Help Please

2000-01-08 Thread Fred Weissman
FW>> Anybody else have some ideas? > Yes - I've seen messages completely change when going in to edit. It > turned out to be a conflicting template in the address book against > the [EMAIL PROTECTED] address entry which overrides the folder > template when first going into edit mode.

Re: Template Help Please

2000-01-08 Thread Fred Weissman
FW>> So -that's- not the answer. > Well nuts... *sigh* Yeah, although I said something a little stronger. FW>> (I wish it were that simple.) > H... now that I think about it, some time ago someone was asking about people not > having so much info in their Replies... or something to that

Re: Template Help Please

2000-01-08 Thread Fred Weissman
FW>> The template for the forwarded message is: FW>> -begin template-- FW>> This forwarded message is originally from %OFromName... FW>> %Text > Use capital letters when writing names of macros (%TEXT, not %Text). > Sometimes TB ignores such non-capitalized macros. I just went to the

Re: Template Help Please

2000-01-08 Thread Fred Weissman
FW>> I have a folder set up, under my INBOX, from which I want to forward FW>> messages to a mailing list. This list will be one-way only - outbound from FW>> me. Perhaps someone will reply, but the replies will be to me only, not to FW>> the list. > I had this problem before, and someone (I th

Template Help Please

2000-01-07 Thread Fred Weissman
I posted this a couple of days ago, and received no response. I'm still struggling with this problem and wondering if anyone could lend a helping hand. I have a folder set up, under my INBOX, from which I want to forward messages to a mailing list. This list will be one-way only - outbound from

(No Subject)

2000-01-05 Thread Fred Weissman
I have a folder set up, under my INBOX, from which I want to send out messages to a mailing list. This list will be one-way only - outbound from me. Perhaps someone will reply, but the replies will be to me only, not to the list. I have two templates set up, based on the info in the help file u

Re: Default 'mailto:'

2000-01-05 Thread Fred Weissman
>>TheBat does nothing when I click on a mailto. >> >>Suggestions please. > http://www.pcwize.com/thebat/howdoi.shtml#Mailto: (browser) Works just like it's supposed to!!! Thanks again. -- I'm looking forward to baseball season. I always sit in General Admission, and I take my Uncle Bob with me

Re: Default 'mailto:'

2000-01-05 Thread Fred Weissman
>>TheBat does nothing when I click on a mailto. >>Suggestions please. > http://www.pcwize.com/thebat/howdoi.shtml#Mailto: (browser) Downloading now. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for the fast reply. -- Please grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to cha

Default 'mailto:'

2000-01-05 Thread Fred Weissman
I've been using TheBat for a little more than a week now, after using Agent for many years. While Bat is set to be the default mail client on my win98 machine, it doesn't seem to react when I click on a 'mailto:' link in Netscape. If I did this in my Agent days, the e-mail address would be paste

Re: URLs to Netscape via TheBat

2000-01-02 Thread Fred Weissman
FW>> When I position the cursor over a URL in TheBat (1.38e), ... I FW>> double-click on the URL and nothing happens. I assume it should FW>> launch Netscape and head out to the site in question. Am I missing FW>> something here? > Try it with Netscape already open. Yes, with Netscape already op

Re: URLs to Netscape via TheBat

2000-01-02 Thread Fred Weissman
FW>> When I position the cursor over a URL in TheBat (1.38e), it changes to a FW>> nice blue arrow. This indicates to me that it recognizes it as a URL. I FW>> double-click on the URL and nothing happens. I assume it should launch FW>> Netscape and head out to the site in question. Am I missin

URLs to Netscape via TheBat

2000-01-01 Thread Fred Weissman
When I position the cursor over a URL in TheBat (1.38e), it changes to a nice blue arrow. This indicates to me that it recognizes it as a URL. I double-click on the URL and nothing happens. I assume it should launch Netscape and head out to the site in question. Am I missing something here? N

Position of windows...

2000-01-01 Thread Fred Weissman
I'm another new user of TheBat, and I have a question about the positioning of TheBat's windows. Specifically, the editing window. I do -not- run Bat in maximized window mode, preferring to have "medium" size windows open, so I can have access to other things on my desktop. No matter where the