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   Elizabot to Snit   
   Re: How to set Followup-To header, if yo   
   18 Aug 04 00:38:00   
   
   From: toolittletoolate@poo.com   
      
   Snit wrote:   
   > "Rick G"  wrote in Rick-1818F6.23194017082004@news.telus.net   
   > on 8/17/04 11:19 PM:   
   >   
   >   
   >>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.   
   >   
   >   
   > and the people work to keep the trolling in csma.  Too many of the trolls do   
   > their trolling largely with the goal to disrupt csma.  Look for the ones   
   > that refuse to move arguments over to afm.   
   >   
   Hey, Snit! Is this you:   
      
   http://www.typelogic.com/enfp.html   
      
   --   
   "You see, my invisible green dragon tells me that God is real, and is   
   even a pretty nice guy, but can not hold his liquor well."   
   - Snit (aka §¼¡Ý) on 4/27/04   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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