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Message no. 1
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Sucky mailers
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:01:22 -0500
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At 10:10 AM 2/2/99 -0700, Adam J wrote:
>There's a proper fix for that in Eudora. In eudora.ini, somewhere
under the
>[Settings] header, place:
>
>ReplyAttribution=At %1, %2 wrote:

Oooh, Cool! It works! Thank you!

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Message no. 2
From: Adam J <adamj@*********.HTML.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] Sucky mailers
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 16:30:03 -0700
At 18:01 2/2/99 -0500, Paul Gettle wrote:

>>ReplyAttribution=At %1, %2 wrote:
>
>Oooh, Cool! It works! Thank you!

<bows>

I actually read the help file after installing it on my new computer :-)

-Adam
Message no. 3
From: Scott Wheelock <iscottw@*****.NB.CA>
Subject: Re: [OT] Sucky mailers
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:57:37 -0400
At 09:15 AM 2/2/1999 -0800, MCP wrote:
>> > (my mailer refers to everyone as "you." Odd. It's Eudora Light,
>> > anyone know how to fix this?)
>>
>> Yes, delete the word 'you' and manually type in the author's name. (or
>> cut & paste it from their .sig if it's there).

Ah. I tried that actually, and encountered an unforseen problem.
Apparently, I'm quite lazy. So that really wasn't much of an option :)

>That's due to the fact that Eudora has different settings for the
>attribution line for Reply to Sender vs Reply to All. To make them
>consistent, or if you want to personalize them somewhat, edit your
>EUDORA.INI file, and look for the ReplyAttribution and ReplyAllAttribution
>entries in the [Settings] section. In these fields, the %1 represents
>the message time, and %2 represents the sender, so one way to fix
>the 'problem' is to change the 'you' in the ReplyAttribution field to %2.
>
>MCP

As you can plainly see, it worked like a charm. Adam J also suggested the
same fix, so thanks to the both of you!

Scott
-----------------------------------------------------
"Fragile, timid, with natural good manners,
he was, however, better suited for war than
for government."
_One Hundred Years Of Solitude_
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Message no. 4
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: [OT] Sucky mailers
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 10:18:27 -0700
For the mere cost of a Thaum, Scott Wheelock wrote:
/
/ >That's due to the fact that Eudora has different settings for the
/ >attribution line for Reply to Sender vs Reply to All. To make them
/ >consistent, or if you want to personalize them somewhat, edit your
/ >EUDORA.INI file, and look for the ReplyAttribution and ReplyAllAttribution
/ >entries in the [Settings] section. In these fields, the %1 represents
/ >the message time, and %2 represents the sender, so one way to fix
/ >the 'problem' is to change the 'you' in the ReplyAttribution field to %2.
/
/ As you can plainly see, it worked like a charm. Adam J also suggested the
/ same fix, so thanks to the both of you!

Here's a couple more attributions you can add.

NoSplashScreen=1

ReplyPrefix=">"

(Change the > to whatever you want. For example, I've got
ReplyPrefix="/ ")

-David B.
--
"Earn what you have been given."
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Message no. 5
From: Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca
Subject: [OT] Sucky mailers
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 18:33:41 -0400
"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to David Buehrer."
]Here's a couple more attributions you can add.
]
]NoSplashScreen=1

Nifty...that speeds up loading (fractionally).

]ReplyPrefix=">"
]
](Change the > to whatever you want. For example, I've got
]ReplyPrefix="/ ")

Cool...I'm still deciding whether I like what I've got there.

On a side note, isn't it interesting how more and more
software designers are being sure to add "customizable
features" to their products...I can totally redesign
WordPerfect's toolbar, I can mess with my mailer's
replying features, I can have "Pigs In Space" and
"Star Wars" all over my desktop, etc. We seem to be
obsessed with protecting our individuality in the face
of generically stylized Windows programs. Or maybe
it's a response to the impersonality of Internet
communications. Instead of a tattoo or high-heeled
boots, we give ourselves a nick, and append signature
files. It's a curious phenomenon.

Scott

P.S. This was originally on iTribe, but I posted it here
because it's OT. Is that sort of cross-pollination okay?
-----------------------------------------------------
"Fragile, timid, with natural good manners,
he was, however, better suited for war than
for government."
_One Hundred Years Of Solitude_
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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