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                       

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