Around 03:26pm on Friday, June 29, 2012 (UK time), Mark Haney scrawled:
> Okay, I gotta ask. Where on earth do you get the customized lines like
> this:
>
> Once upon a time, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
> <bobgoodwin@wildblue.net> said:
You need to configue your mail client, as long as it supports it. I
don't know if Thunderbird does.
I use mutt, where you "set attribution".
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06-29-2012, 02:34 PM
Chris Adams
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Once upon a time, Mark Haney <markh@abemblem.com> said:
> Okay, I gotta ask. Where on earth do you get the customized lines like
> this:
>
> Once upon a time, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
> <bobgoodwin@wildblue.net> said:
>
> (Thanks Bob. Give credit where it's due.)
>
> I've seen various and sundry others like this one, and I can't really
> google it since I don't have a clue what to call that.
It is usually called an attribution line or something like that. I use
mutt (a text terminal mail client), and in its config I have:
set attribution = "Once upon a time, %n <%a> said:"
The "%n" is the full name of the sender and "%a" is the email address.
I got bored with the normal attribution line one time and changed to
that. Looking back, I started using that in early 1996; maybe it is
time for something new!
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06-29-2012, 02:57 PM
Mark Haney
Custom 'wrote' lines
On 06/29/2012 10:34 AM, Chris Adams wrote:
set attribution = "Once upon a time, %n <%a> said:"
The "%n" is the full name of the sender and "%a" is the email address.
I got bored with the normal attribution line one time and changed to
that. Looking back, I started using that in early 1996; maybe it is
time for something new!
Thanks guys. That is all I needed. For those of us who use Thunderbird
it's in about:config under mailnews.reply_header_authorwrote;%s wrote.
It's a string value and can be adjusted accordingly.
Thanks again.
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06-29-2012, 11:54 PM
Mike Wright
Custom 'wrote' lines
On 06/29/2012 07:57 AM, Mark Haney wrote:
On 06/29/2012 10:34 AM, Chris Adams wrote:
set attribution = "Once upon a time, %n <%a> said:"
The "%n" is the full name of the sender and "%a" is the email address.
I got bored with the normal attribution line one time and changed to
that. Looking back, I started using that in early 1996; maybe it is
time for something new!
Thanks guys. That is all I needed. For those of us who use Thunderbird
it's in about:config under mailnews.reply_header_authorwrote;%s wrote.
It's a string value and can be adjusted accordingly.
Great tip. How do I get to about:config ???
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06-29-2012, 11:58 PM
Ed Greshko
Custom 'wrote' lines
On 06/30/2012 07:54 AM, Mike Wright wrote:
> Great tip. How do I get to about:config ???
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06-30-2012, 12:02 AM
Joe Zeff
Custom 'wrote' lines
On 06/29/2012 04:54 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
Great tip. How do I get to about:config ???
Edit->Preferences->Advanced->General. There's a button on the tab for
Config.
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06-30-2012, 02:05 PM
Daniel
Custom 'wrote' lines
On 06/30/2012 02:20 AM, various parties basically said:
FWIW, most of the things that one might want to do can be effected
with the Config Editor, but the only practical way that I know to drop
something such as a newline into that string involves using a text
editor to modify
~/.thunderbird/<foo>.default/prefs.js
where "<foo>.default" is replaced with the relative Path value of
one's profile.
Of course, screwing-up prefs.js is a very effective way to shoot
oneself in the foot, so create a back-up before modifying it.
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