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   Message 177 of 1,004   
   Martin Foster to Tim Schattkowsky   
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   15 Nov 21 11:14:18   
   
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   Hello Tim!   
      
   *** Sunday 14.11.21 at 20:24:15, Tim Schattkowsky wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    MF>>>> The issue is that neither the "Forwards (Header)" nor the "Forwards   
    MF>>>> (Footer)" templates are imported into a forwarded message.   
    AA>>> That was the same problem in the last public release: [WinPoint v359.1   
    AA>>> Beta 5] CONS   
      
    AA>> As far as I can tell everythings works as intended und did so already in   
    AA>> 359.1.   
      
    TS> Ok, I checked this and this is what I think:   
      
    TS> WinPoint always applies the templates from the text group assign to the   
    TS> destination (!) area of the new message. The reasoning behind this is   
    TS> obvious. However, that is not necessarily where the message will end up   
    TS> as the destination area can be changed in the editor.   
      
    TS> I think, you are expecting the text group of the source area to be   
    TS> applied. However, the default area for forwarded messages is NETMAIL, so   
    TS> the headers are taken from the text group assigned to NETMAIL (if any).   
    TS> My guess is you have no text group assigned there and end up with no   
    TS> headers.   
      
   Ah, Aha! :-))   
      
   Your guess is absolutely spot on and the reason for this is that in a *new   
   clean* install of WinPoint, there aren't any text groups and therefore, a text   
   group cannot be assigned to the *existing* NETMAIL area. The message templates   
   have to be enabled by going into Extras -> Options -> Signatures and clicking   
   the "Add" button and then giving the new text group a name but the new text   
   group is NOT assigned to the *existing* NETMAIL area(I hadn't realised that   
   until now).   
      
   In addition, a text group cannot be assigned to the Prototype Area(Extras ->   
   Options -> General) in a *new clean* install for the same reason as above.   
      
   Also :))   
   This would explain why I thought that some of the templates weren't working in   
   NETMAIL but now that I've placed the NETMAIL area in my default text group,   
   they are now working, as well as the forward templates. Super! =8-)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
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