[arachne] Re: PROBLEMS WITH USE OF EXTERNAL EMAIL EDITOR

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Eric S. Emerson said:

> I personally, usually just use the internal editor. <ggggg>


Yep, it works pretty good, I think. Emails are almost always
relatively short things anyway.

Longer texts can always be written in the editor of choice and then
included as file attachments. That way they can be saved with any
legal DOS filename.

Sam Ewalt



>
> Regards,
>
> Eric
>
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:00:52 +0930 "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
> writes:
>> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>>
>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:06:18 +0000, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
>>
>> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>>
>> > Brian,
>> >          I think this is what Sam H. was
>> > saying he does.....anyway it works......
>> > 1. Arachne is running and connected
>> > 2. Press "C"....will load compose page
>> > 3. Fill in everything you wish except the body
>> > ..    of the email
>> > 4. Click on "Save to Outbox"
>> > 5. Press "M"...this will load Email page
>> > 6. Click on "Outbox"...this will load Outbox
>> > 7. Click on the email you just saved
>>
>> Alright so far.
>>
>> > 8. Get the path and name of the email from
>> > ..    the address bar (URL)
>> > 9. Press Alt-E ... this will return you to DOS
>> > 10. Load your external editor with the file you
>> > ..       just saved from address bar.
>> > 11. Write in the body of your email and save it
>> > ..       back to the same file...exit editor...
>> > 12. Type "Exit" at command line...return to Arachne
>>
>> That is horribly complicated. Much easier to click on "Modify" after
>> step 8 above, then when the edit/compose screen opens, click on
>> "External Editor".
>>
>> On exiting the editor, make sure the file is saved as "textarea.tmp"
>> and
>> the edited message should apear in arachne's edit/compose screen. At
>> that stage you can click on "Send mail now" or on "Send to Outbox"
>> if you
>> want to send it later.
>>
>>
>> Regards from Greg Mayman in Adelaide, South Australia
>>         35d 01'44" S  138d 32'13" E
>>
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>>
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