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Organization: Institut fuer Medizinische Computerwissenschaften
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Date:         Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:59:31 CET
From:         Christian.J.Reichetzeder@AWIIMC12.IMC.UNIVIE.AC.AT
Subject:      Minor items

A user wanted to  SELECT (Include) a bunch of items from the  MENU to put them
into a specific notebook.  In this case this were postings  from a single list
but the items have  been read so it was not possible to  select on the from. I
played around a bit and the following questions came up:
a) what is field NOTE for  the INCLUDE/SELECT function? (Well, I know already,
   it's the item number, not very useful in my opinion).
b) why is the  field SENDER (or whatever it is called in  the index) not among
   the selectable items? The information is still here so ...
c) the MAILMENU HELPMAIL still speaks  of 5 (five) prefix subcommands while in
   fact they are 6.
   Is it possible that they'll work also  as block commands (XX-XX) or is this
   just too complicated.

As for  the generic mailbox/personal  name/... questions:  it could be  made a
variable like  LOCAL.DOMAIN, perhaps PERSONAL.NAME.  If this is  non-null then
use whatever  is in it (and  don't prompt for the  name). As a site  option it
could be made settable  only via MAILSYS - and if a  user really modifies this
one he gets what he deserves. Richard?

Haven't said it  for a long time,  MAIL/BOOK is really great.  I still haven't
forced users to  use 92.01.xx since Fullscrap  CMS isn't used at  our site and
they'd be probably confused. But it  made it an option and especially computer
illiterates are very fond of it.

Christian
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 11:24:00 EST
From:         JCLUTCHE@PSUHMC.BITNET
Subject:      original "from" "to" question

I have a request not to receive the original "from" and "to"
when replying to a message.
Is this a SMTP issue or RiceMail?
Do any other institutions have a problem with the "from" "to" options?
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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John Clutcher, Project Leader/E-mail Postmaster  Information Systems
Internet: jclutche@psuhmc.hmc.psu.edu            Hershey Medical Center
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>Received: from chameleon.cit.hmc.psu.edu by psuhmc.hmc.psu.edu
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>Return-Path: <xxxxx@cit.hmc.psu.edu>
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>       id AA05370; Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:53:17 EST
>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:53:17 EST
>From: xxxxx@cit.hmc.psu.edu (xxxxxx xxxxx)
>Message-Id: <xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@chameleon.cit.hmc.psu.edu>
>To: xxxxxxxx@psuhmc.hmc.psu.edu
>Subject: Strange mail headers from PSUHMC
>Cc: xxxxx@chameleon.cit.hmc.psu.edu, xxxxx@chameleon.cit.hmc.psu.edu,
>        xxxxxxxx@psuhmc.hmc.psu.edu
>
>John:
>
>I may have mentioned this previously, but is it possible to change the
>header rewriting rules for mail messages that are forwarded/replied
>using Ricemail?  In the example below, I sent Pam a email and she then
>replied to my message, but the sender (From:) and the recipient's
>addresses (To:) are left unchanged - instead the new header fields
>Resent-* are added.  It appears that this is nonstandard for Internet
>correspondence.
>
>When conversing with hundreds of other Internet nodes who use many
>different mail packages, I have never seen the original Sender address
>maintained after one or more forwards of the message.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks for your help
>xxx
>
>----- Begin Included Message -----
>
>From xxxxxxxx@psuhmc.hmc.psu.edu Tue Jan 26 08:52:59 1993
>Resent-Message-Id: <xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@sys-a.cit.hmc.psu.edu>
>Resent-Date:  Tue, 26 Jan 93 08:53:41 EST
>Resent-From: xxx xx <xxxxxxxx@psuhmc.hmc.psu.edu>
>Resent-To: xxx xxxxx <xxxxx@sys-a>
>Resent-Cc: "xxxxxx xx xxxxxx" <xxxxxxx@sys-a>
>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 08:47:40 EST
>From: xxxxx@chameleon.cit.hmc.psu.edu (xxxxxx xxxxx)
>To: xxxxxxxL@psuhmc.hmc.psu.edu
>Subject: Re: Maintenance for Delta
>Cc: xxxxx@chameleon.cit.hmc.psu.edu, xxxxxxxx@psuhmc.hmc.psu.edu
>Content-Length: 2200
>
>xxx,
>I'll ask xxxxxx to type the PO today.
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
>
>----- End Included Message -----
>
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:11:20 CST
From:         "Richard A. Schafer" <SCHAFER@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: original "from" "to" question

John, although your question says reply, what your original correspondent
is referring to is only relevant to forwarding.

Many (most?) UNIX mail agents forward mail by packaging the original
mail file (headers and all) as the body of a completely new message.
RiceMail took an equally valid tack, using Resent- headers added to
the original header, which offers the ability to reply to both the
original sender and the forwarder with a Reply All.  The original Berkeley
mail program never generated Resent headers, so some (many?) completely
ignore them, something I found out well after the RiceMail method was
implemented.

RFC822 was explicitly ambiguous about how forwarding should be handled,
and both methods are equally valid and useful at times.  At the moment,
the only way to do the other method is to manually copy the message
into a temporary file and then GET it into a new message you compose.

Richard
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Organization: University of Kentucky - Computing Center
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:21:40 EST
From:         Dave Elbon <SYSDAVE@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Another SPELLCHK question

On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:14:22 LCL Bob Jones said:
>Perhaps I am missing something...Is there a way to keep SPELLFIX
>out of the header area?  Is there a possibility of damage if it
>corrects something there?  Is this a problem?   Thanks.

If this is the UK Spellfix, it starts with the current line, so
if the current line is within the body of the message it won't
check the headers.  I guess it could cause a problem if it changed
something in the headers, but since it always asks before changing
anything this shouldn't be much of a problem.  In the many years
we've been using Mail and Spellfix I haven't had a complaint about
it.

Dave Elbon
University of Kentucky
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:07:48 EST
From:         Bill Williams <CMS2@ETSU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Attribution line
              22 Jan 1993 02:29:58 EST from <ophof@SERVER.UWINDSOR.CA>

On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:29:58 EST Scott Ophof said:
>...text deleted...
>Yes, that'd be a nice idea too!
>Maybe an extra parm for the REPLY[TO] command, like NAME?

A REPLYTO will use the name and e-mail address if it is
in your NAMES file.   REPLYTO is *not* to be confused with REPLY!
If I do "REPLYTO *" it grabs my "Bill Williams <CMS2@ETSU>"
right out of my NAMES file.

>And ADDR in case you also want to include the address itself?
>And FULL to have both addr *and* fullname specified?

I'm a simple minded (quit the snickering) user/administrator, but I
would like just a touch more flexibility to the REPLY options concerning
the intended.

Since I am an SysProg and the PostMaster I sometimes need to REPLY to an
item  that  has been  RESENT  from  a FORWARDED  from  a  RESENT from  a
FORWARDED ...etc. which  originaltd lord knows where, and  would like to
see  additions to  the  'ALL',  'FROM', and  'SENDER'  options. Or  more
precisely  some *qualifiers*  to  the existing  so that  I  may be  real
specific.  I want  to say  something like:
    REPLY TEXT SENDER RESENT
              | FROM |
or  REPLY TEXT SENDER NORESENT or ORIGINAL

I generally get around problems wherein I cannot get the specific I want
with the REPLY by doing a REPLY ALL and then EXCLUDE da-de-da for those
I don't want.

 ---------------------------------------
   Bill Williams -- ETSU Systems Support
                    ETSU Postmaster
    East
    Tennessee             (615) 929-6853
    State
    University        <CMS2@ETSU.BITNET>
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:42:35 EST
From:         Harold Pritchett <HAROLD@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Another SPELLCHK question

On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:14:22 LCL Bob Jones said:
>Perhaps I am missing something...Is there a way to keep SPELLFIX
>out of the header area?  Is there a possibility of damage if it
>corrects something there?  Is this a problem?   Thanks.

Here is a little file called PROOF XEDIT which we use here to invoke
the IBM OfficeVision spell checker on a mail message.  The body of
the mail is saved in a file, and then the spell checker is invoked
on it.  On exit from the spell checker, the body is re-imported into
the mail message.  The same idea should work with any spell checker
which works interactively on a file.

Harold
------------------------ PROOF XEDIT ----------------------------------
/* Xedit exec to proofread mail */
set msgmode off
top
locate '/=======================================================/'
next
putd '+*' userid() $proof$ a
epsproof userid() $proof$ a
get userid() $proof$ a
erase userid() $proof$ a
top
locate '/=======================================================/'
next
set msgmode on
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Date:         Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:25:19 CST
From:         G.Yanos@UIC.EDU
Subject:      Re: Attribution line
              21 Jan 1993 22:58:23 EST from <NJG@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU>

On Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:58:23 EST Nick Gimbrone (WIRDI) said:
>On Wed, 20 Jan 1993 10:40:24 CST <G.Yanos@UIC.EDU> said:
>>And, as long as I'm asking, being able to change the '>' that marks the
>>included text would also be nice.  For example, I juch prefer ' >' because
>>the indention of quoted material makes it much easier for the receipitnt
>>of the mail to find my additions inserted between lines of their message.
>Ok, but some of us prefer to read replies w/ ">"... so perhaps it
>would be best if mail put out the form that the reader-to-be wanted
>(varying it for each recipient of the mail file of course ;-)...
That's a great idea.  Rather than specify it when the mail is sent,
the receiving display could look for the marker character at the left
margin of the text area and replace it with whatever the reader specifies.
Of course, you could specify different replacements for each marker,
because while you might prefer " >>" to ">>" you probably wouldn't want
to change them all, " > >".

This started out as an attempt at humor, but ...    :-)
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:40:27 LCL
Comments:     Converted from PROFS to RFC822 format by PUMP V2.2
From:         "Kathy Hughes, Computing Services" <KAH@UNF1VM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Another SPELLCHK question

From: Kathy Hughes, Computing Services

Will do.
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 11:36:25 ET
From:         Barry Walton <BWALTON@MILLERSV.BITNET>
Subject:      RiceMail for BITNET vs. Internet

We are running RiceMail on a VM/ESA mainframe, and (until recently)
were a BITNET-only site.  We have recently gone on the Internet.  I
have been charged with the responsibility of getting RiceMail to
send to Internet sites (we are using SMTP for Internet).  I have
run into problems.

To send mail on Internet, I put the following in my MAILSYS XEDIT file :

/**/
'SETMAIL DIRECT NO'
'SETMAIL MAILER SMTP'
'SETMAIL KEY.LINES 2'

With this setting, I can send to Internet addresses (for example,
axvsccn@uicvmc.aiss.uiuc.edu), but not to BITNET addresses (for
example, JACK@FANDM).  A file sent to a BITNET address results
in the following 'bounced mail' :
================================================================================
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 11:17:55 ET
From: <SMTP@MU2.MILLERSV.EDU>
To: <BWALTON@MILLERSV>
Subject: Undeliverable Mail

MU2.MILLERSV.EDU unable to deliver following mail to recipient(s):
    <jack@fandm>
550 Host 'fandm' Unknown

           ** Text of Mail follows **
Received: from MILLERSV by MU2.MILLERSV.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2)
   with BSMTP id 1490; Wed, 20 Jan 93 11:17:54 ET
Date:         Wed, 20 Jan 93 11:15:46 ET
From:         Barry Walton <BWALTON@MU2.MILLERSV.EDU>
Subject:      test message
To:           Jack Plain <jack@fandm.MILLERSV.EDU>
                                     |
                                     this should be '.bitnet'
                                     instead of OUR Internet address
(rest of message deleted)

Now, if I keep the MAILSYS XEDIT file the way it was when we were
a BITNET-only site:

/**/
'SETMAIL DIRECT YES'
'SETMAIL KEY.LINES 2'

Then I have the opposite problem - mail via BITNET works fine, but
mail sent to an Internet address results in the following message:

**** Logging started for virtual screen MESSAGE on 01/04/93 at 15:40:40
DMTAXM103E File 3753 (3753) rejected -- invalid destination address

Is there any easy way out of this ?  Ideally, a user should be able
to specify a BITNET address (e.g. MAIL JACK@FANDM or even
MAIL JACK@FANDM.BITNET) *or* an Internet address (e.g.
MAIL axvsccn@uicvmc.aiss.uiuc.edu) without having to change
their MAILSYS XEDIT file every time they want to send a mail
file.  I could not find anything in the MAILBOOK LISTING file
about this.  Where is SETMAIL documented ?


P.S.  If I create a mail file (in XEDIT, for example) and save it,
I can send it via Internet with the SENDFILE command (e.g.
SF  BWALTON MAIL A  to  sflatt@austria.gislab.teale.ca.gov)
Also, CMS NOTE seems to work for both BITNET and Internet -
but, alas, not RiceMail.

Thanks in advance.

Barry Walton   BITNET :   BWALTON @ MILLERSV
               INTERNET : BWALTON@MU2.MILLERSV.EDU

Millersville University of PA
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:22:31 LCL
From:         Bob Jones <BJONES@UNF1VM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Another SPELLCHK question
              22 Jan 1993 12:42:35 EST from <HAROLD@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>

Wonderful, Wonderful...Thank you!   Your Proof Xedit is exactly
what I needed.  We have PROFS and will be migrating to
OfficeVision and this will keep me happy.  I'll share it with
the rest of the campus for those of us who prefer RiceMail!
I've tried it and it works great!

Thanks.

Bob Jones
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:29:58 EST
From:         Scott Ophof <ophof@SERVER.UWINDSOR.CA>
Subject:      Re: Attribution line
              at Jan 20, 93 4:40 pm

On 20 Jan 1993 16:40:24 GMT G.Yanos@UIC.EDU said:
>Also, if the "On...said:" line is to change, it would be useful to
>have a way to always include the name rather than "you".  Sometimes
>it's useful to reply to a message, include the text, and include some
>other people in the distribution.  The other people aren't "you".

Yes, that'd be a nice idea too!
Maybe an extra parm for the REPLY[TO] command, like NAME?
And ADDR in case you also want to include the address itself?
And FULL to have both addr *and* fullname specified?


>And, as long as I'm asking, being able to change the '>' that marks the
>included text would also be nice.  For example, I juch prefer ' >' because
>the indention of quoted material makes it much easier for the receipitnt
>of the mail to find my additions inserted between lines of their message.

This looks like an option for ones MAILUSER XEDIT, and maybe a
command line option?

Since you're asking, may I append the following to your request?
It is rather relevant, especially when the discussion gets rather
involved...  :-)
What about the possibility of having RiceMAIL check ones NAMES file
for the tag ".pref-char:" in the originator's entry, so that one
could have the following:
    On ... Yanos (Y) said:
    Y>On ... Peter (P) said:
    YP>On ... Paul (p) said:
    YPp>  ..[Paul's text]..
    YPp>  ...
    YP>  ..[Peter's text]..
    YP>  ...
    Y>  ..[Yanos' reply]..
    Y>  ...
    My own hot air...  ;-)


Regards.
$$\    F. Scott Ophof

--------------------------->  I speak *only* for *myself*  <-----
My credo:  Computers exist for OUR benefit, NEVER vice-versa.

(And Richard & Nick (and all those others!) always seem to come up
with great solutions to what we finicky users suggest!)  ;-))
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:06:00 EDT
From:         "Tom Ohlendorf - TSU Admin. DP,
              (410) 830-3642" <D7AP002@TOA.TOWSON.EDU>
Subject:      Re: your mail
Comments: To: USRDIR-L@uga.cc.uga.edu

> >
> >
> >         exactly..........
> >
>
>
> Really......
>
> Unexpected advice.
Maybe I missed something, but, what was the above all about?

See ya,
Tom
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:20:08 -0600
From:         BEZALEL GAVISH <GAVISHB@VUCTRVAX.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: your mail

Please.. Please remove me from this list, Ben Gavish
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bezalel Gavish
Owen Graduate School of Management
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Nashville, TN, 37203
Bitnet: GAVISHB@VUCTRVAX
Tel: (615) 322-3659
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:27:00 EST
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From:         Undetermined origin c/o Postmaster <POSTMASTER@BITNIC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: your mail

Please remove my name from your list.     Thank you.
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:56:19 CET
From:         Jaap Verheul <Jaap.Verheul@LET.RUU.NL>
Subject:      Re: your mail
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Comments: cc: Jaap Verheul <verheul@let.ruu.nl>
              from"CS1101_10@CWU.bitnet"at Jan 14, 93 09:48:00 am

>
>
>         exactly..........
>


Really......

Unexpected advice.
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:39:28 -0900
From:         SXTKB <SXTKB@ALASKA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: your mail

please remove my name from this list.....Thanx   Tom Bachert
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Date:         Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:52:37 CET
From:         Jaap Verheul <Jaap.Verheul@LET.RUU.NL>
Subject:      Re: your mail
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              Admin. DP," at Jan 26, 93 05:06:00 pm

I just jumped to conclusions, having received a completely
unintelligible message from a completely unknown source. I have no idea
what the original topic was.

Bye from Utrecht,

Jaap
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:50:21 EST
              <CIRCPLUS@IDBSU.BITNET>
From:         "Ruth E. Shaw" <RSWX@CORNELLC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Shot went wide

The Physical Sciences Library is primarily a research library for graduates
faculty, with a moderate current of undergraduate activity.  The Circ staff
is well organized and responsible, the faculty and students appear to be
content.  I am the Administrative Supervisor in charge of circulation and
reserve (amongst other things.) No MLS.  I interact continually
with the faculty.  I am always treated with respect.  But then, we are all
librarians to them, even the students who work here!
Ruth Shaw
Ruth Shaw
PSL  Cornell U.
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:10:08 EST
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From:         "Ester F. Ramos" <EFRBB@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Subject:      3M Model 3400 Detection System

We are currently considering purchasing the 3M Model 3400
Detection System.  We would appreciate hearing from anyone who
has installed this model, regarding reliability, phantom alarms, and
overall satisfaction, etc .  We are now using the 3M model 618.  This model
requires that computer either be shielded or be some distance away
from the unit.  Has this been changed with the 3400?

Thank you very much for any comments you may be able to provide.

Ester F. Ramos
Head of Circulation
Baruch College Library
156 E. 25th St
New York, NY  10010
(212) 447-3911
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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:56:15 EST
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From:         Nancy Herrington <LIBNJH@SUVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: circ errors

We, too, continue to stamp both the due date (in purple ink) and
the return date (in black).  Other branches use other colors for
their due dates; our return stamp also has a S/T on it.  Even if
our online system does not record the return, if the stamped
return date is there (and within the proper time), we backdate the
return to the stamped due date.

I think we have heard every possible story about books that are
"absolutely positively returned on time."  Usually we are able to
diffuse the anger and suggest that we both "search one more time"
for the missing book.  Eventually almost all of these books are
found, either by the patron or a staff member.
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