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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
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"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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