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   Rick G to Elizabot   
   Re: How to set Followup-To header, if yo   
   18 Aug 04 06:19:48   
   
   From: Rick@dot.dot   
      
   In article <4122ee91$0$208$75868355@news.frii.net>,   
    Elizabot  wrote:   
      
   > Rick G wrote:   
   > > For no particular reason, but just for posterity...   
   > > Setting the "Followup-To" header is more difficult than it should be in   
   > > Microsoft Entourage.   
   > >   
   > > It can be accessed through Tools > Accounts > (select Account) > Edit >   
   > > Options then set through the Header and Value fields.   
   > >   
   > > It unfortunately cannot be set on a per message basis, but only on an   
   > > account basis.   
   > >   
   > > It would seem that anyone hoping to use this header to clean up a   
   > > particular group might need to either use a different account just for   
   > > replies to certain individuals, or to use a different news reader.   
   > >   
   > > Entering the "Followup-To" string in the body of the message will not   
   > > work, as newsservers transmit heads separate from bodies of messages.   
   > >   
   >   
   > MICROSOFT SUCKS!!!!   
      
   Yes, I agree. They are following the standard, but arranging it so that   
   compliance to the full spec is not easy.   
      
   Ideally these posts should be set to Followup-To here...   
   Unfortunately, the tools don't work the way people expect.   
      
   --   
   Rick...   
      
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