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   Rick G to Elizabot   
   Re: How to set Followup-To header, if yo   
   18 Aug 04 06:50:42   
   
   From: Rick@dot.dot   
      
   In article <4122f948$0$206$75868355@news.frii.net>,   
    Elizabot  wrote:   
      
   > 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   
      
   Ha! I haven't even thought about Myers-Briggs in years. Haven't they   
   been debunked by now?   
      
   --   
   Rick...   
      
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