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   Message 443 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   Winpoint: buggyness?   
   28 Mar 19 11:17:24   
   
   MSGID: 2:250/1.1 520ac381   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58 51969c85   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 27.03.19 at 18:51:34, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    AA> On 27.03.19, you wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    AA>>> I guess we could repurpose one of the other "Header" templates (such as   
    AA>>> "Comment Header") and use that?   
      
    MF>> Well, you could but I couldn't because I need the "Comment" header, as I   
    MF>> occasionally "Comment reply" ;-)   
      
    AA> I don't see a significant difference between Ctrl-K (comment reply) and   
    AA> Ctrl-R (reply).  Both messages get the "quoted" treatment in the new   
    AA> post.   What is the diff that you see?   
      
   Ctrl+R = Reply to sender   
   Ctrl+K = Reply to recipient   
      
    AA> But the whole matter about a broken Forward (Ctrl-F) may not be a total   
    AA> loss.  When doing a Ctrl-F, the message body is *not* quoted as expected.   
    AA> But we still have the option to change the destination "Area:" at the top   
    AA> of the new editing window.   
      
    AA> Infact, we can do that with *any* "reply".  The only thing missing in a   
    AA> true Forward is the fancy header/template/preamble.   
      
   Readers of the forwarded message need to know where the message was forwarded   
   from, who the sender was, who the recipient was and so on and so forth. If   
   there isn't a working Forward template, all that info needs to be inserted   
   manually at the top of the message body.    
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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