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From: markw@gvlf1-c.gvl.unisys.com (Mark H. Weber)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: How to make selective use of prefix string
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Date: 3 Dec 90 21:11:55 GMT
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In article <33946@netnews.upenn.edu> st@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Stephen Thompson) writes:
>Warning: I'm at the beginner lever of elm use.
>
>When I forward mail, it's usually digests and similar items which I don't want
>to use my prefix string (">") with.  Conversely, when I reply to mail, I
>want to prefix the mail to which I reply.  As far as I can figure, elm uses
>one string ("prefix" in elmrc) for both purposes.
>
>What is the best way to supress the prefix or set it to null when forwarding,
>yet use it or set it to non-null when replying?
>

Whether or not the prefix string is included depends on how you answer the
question "Edit outgoing message? (y/n)" which is asked after you use the
"f" command. If you answer "y", the string is included, if you answer "n" it
is not. My favorite solution to this is to "lie" to elm, and answer "n" so 
that the prefix string is not inserted. After the message has been constructed,
I go back and edit the message if I want to, using the last chance "edit" 
option of the "send" menu which appears just before you launch your message.

Hope this helps!

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