Hello, Thomas: Thank you very much. Your instructions were very clear -- and I broke new ground today creating a special TBUDL Reply template that guards against inadvertent top-posting.
Here it is, from TBUDL in my address book: Hello, %OFromFName: Best regards, %FromFName Best wishes, David Sunday, November 03, 2002, 12:58:40 AM, you wrote: TF> Hello David, TF> On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 07:30:20 -0500 GMT (02/11/02, 19:30 +0700 GMT), TF> David R. Austen wrote: >> This suggests I might want to create a special procedure for all >> replies to messages on this list. TF> If you do not use any special AB templates (and do not create folder TF> templates, which should be used in special circumstandes only), TB TF> will use the account templates. These contain the cut mark (a.k.a. TF> signature delimiter) already, so you don't really need to do anything TF> if you don't want to. >> Please, where do I start? TF> What I did, I created an addressbook entry for this list. TF> Addressbook icon / Create a new contact icon. TF> I filled in only two fields on the first tab: TF> Display name as: "TBUDL" TF> Email address: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" TF> (no quote marks, in both cases). TF> This is how you create a new entry. Now you want to create a special TF> template for replying to this list. You go to the Reply tab (still in TF> the addressbook), click opn "[x] Use a specific...." and put your TF> template in there. It is blank now, so to start with, you can c&p your TF> account template into it. TF> The account's reply template you'll find under Account / Properties / TF> Templates (click on the "+") / Reply. >> (I know. This is a Bat101 question of course. I should know better. >> Just a couple of quick hints on strategy, please.) TF> The above should give you an idea. This is list is Bat101. Please TF> advise if you have further questions. Best regards, David http://zillionbucks.com -- Web hosting for the creative industry ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html