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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 04/02/06 01:07
Neredbojias wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>> Are you fluent in Thunderbird? Is there a way to include the email
>>> address of the repliee (such as not "Joe Blow wrote:" but "Joe Blow
>>> <joeblow@example.com> wrote:"?
>>
>> I don't think so. This is how you structure your attributions
>> (manually; this isn't in the GUI), but I see no variable that
>> represents the attributee's email address:
>>
>> http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/tips#beh_replyheader
>>
>> Compare this to, say, Xnews, which has this GUI config section for
>> customizing attributions:
>>
>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/comp/xnews_attrib.jpg
>>
>> There, you'd just insert the variable %e into the language you wanted
>> to use.
>>
>> Similarly, Pan (which I am using) offers simple and comprehensive GUI
>> configuration of attribution here here:
>>
>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/comp/pan_attrib.jpg
>>
>> When you hover your cursor over the entry box, a tooltip pops up
>> showing the other variables, one of which is %a for author and address.
>>
>> I'm not a fan of Thunderbird, although I recommend it over OE. My
>> preferences are Xnews for Windows and slrn and Pan for *n*x.
>
> Okay, very much thanks, that helped immensely. Gravity's "attribution"
> is
You're welcome. (Or "your welcome" in netspeak.)
> set virtually the same as Xnew's. I suspect that I'll be checking Xnews
> out one of these days soon. As with browsers, though, I bet I'll never
> find one I like perfectly.
Xnews has some converts in the alt.html/alt.www.webmaster posse. Best
support (not limited to Xnews) is the wizards that hang out in the
small-but-focused news.software.readers froup. Feel free to drop my name.
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