Dear Chris, @28-Feb-2004, 14:21 +1100 (28-Feb 03:21 UK time) Chris [C] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to tbudl:
C> have all text quoted like with %TEXT, but on the other have it C> all a different colour like in %QUOTES? Yes. Use %QUOTES="%TEXT" C> Essentially what I am trying to do here is to make The Bat! C> behave like Microsoft Outlook - That's such a darned shame :-(. You might use this opportunity to "grow out of it". Instigate a dual set of replies, one of which is an M$ homage and the other a more advanced and forward looking homage to etiquette, sense and aesthetics. You can specify the templates within address book groups and segregate your addresses by reply style within those groups. Just don't use the M$ reply template here. Oh yes, and add a cut mark for your advanced reply templates. Like I said in my original reply, text beneath a cut mark gets cut because it's supposed to. Nothing after a signature should be carried forward. The only bits of an original message that should normally appear in a reply are the bits you're actually commenting on. Imagine a conversation where every new response included every single thing everyone has said so far in that conversation. It stops working very soon. I'm not saying "don't use top-post formatting for your replies at all". I'm saying start thinking about using them less often and introducing conversational reply styles to your repertoire of communications skills. Once you get into it, you'll appreciate the clarity and simplicity it embodies. -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v2.04.7 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 '
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