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   Elizabot to Rick G   
   Re: How to set Followup-To header, if yo   
   18 Aug 04 00:37:58   
   
   From: toolittletoolate@poo.com   
      
   Rick G wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   MICROSOFT SUCKS!!!   
      
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