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Re: technically challenged
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Kelvin T Bailey wrote:
>
> 1. When I read a reply to one a post, it often has the original post -
> or parts of it - included in the reply surrounded by these things < >.
> How do you do that?
by selecting the 'include reply in message. it should automatically (it is
the standard for most email systems) include the rply seperated off by
some control character so that you can neatly respond to individual
sentences or thoughts in an email.
> I know that I can click on the reply option and select "include
> original message," but won't that just send the reply only to the
> sender of the original message? I'm confused.
no. if you only wanted to reply to the original sender of the message,
there shoudl appear a question 'reply to all senders?' and if you click
'ok' or 'yes', then it will reply to the original sender, and the list
itself. which, if the person is on the list, is unecessary. usually
replying to the list will get it to the person too.
> 2. I often see my full name with middle initial, particularly on
> replies to my posts, but I have never posted my name that way. My
> e-mail adress is only my first and last name crammed together with no
> space and no caps. Where is this coming from.
it is probably set somewhere at juno. perhaps it might be in your user
settings. most mail programs allow you to specify what name should show
up in the 'from' header. the reason your full name shows up is because it
has been defaulted. because you are using juno, they probably have a
database somewhere that says your full name, email adress. and when an
email is received by another mail host, it looks in the header information
and finds your full name, puts it in the 'from header with your email.
it's standard.
> Should I really be paranoid and believe there really are space aliens
> with 5000 minds operating here.
actually... paranoia about this would be funny, but there are email
services that sell your user informaiton to advertisers. that's probably
why juno is free. (i don't know for sure, because i've ever had it).
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