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From: trgmr@swpyr2.sbc.com (Gregg M. Ransom)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: To: Line Problem - Elm 2.3 PL4
Summary: Null character
Message-ID: <7@swpyr2.sbc.com>
Date: 9 Jul 90 01:03:58 GMT
References: <281@fdls.odag.or.gov>
Reply-To: trgmr@swpyr2.sbc.com (Gregg M. Ransom)
Organization: Southwestern Bell Tele. Co. - Finance Dept. - St. Louis, Missouri
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In article <281@fdls.odag.or.gov> dougw@fdls.odag.or.gov (Doug Walker) writes:
>In elm 2.3, patch level 4, keying an @ as part of a domain based address at
>the To (mail to) prompt, deletes the characters typed and places the cursor at
>the first column of the line.  This same thing occurs when you Edit the
>To: line under Edit Headings.  I was previously at Elm 2.3, patch level 1, and
>I did not experience this problem, but I cannot be absolutely certain that I
>keyed in an @ on the To: line.
>

Try preceeding the @ sign with a \ first.  The same thing used to happen to me,
now it doesn't.

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