[G4] How do I Reply to a Post?

[Jim Thornton]

Thanks, Al, for your reply. At first, I thought your answer was complicated,
but when I just did what you advised, it was rather simple; not intuitive,
but easy enough to do. I never found any "official" instructions for
replying, so I appreciate yours.

I'm using Entourage X and when I hit reply, the digest remains on the
desktop, so I can return to it when I finish my reply.

I've done what I believe is needed to initiate a reply, so we'll find out
after I send this message . . .

Jim

> From: g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> Reply-To: g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:41:22 -0800 (PST)
> To: g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> Subject: G4 Digest, Vol 6, Issue 16
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:44:37 -0500
> From: Al Poulin <alpoulin at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [G4] How do I Reply to a Post?
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Cc: Jim Thornton <jimthornton at mac.com>
> Message-ID: <2BA5BB90-7FA3-11D9-802A-00039353EBBC at cox.net>
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> 
> Jim:
> 
> Several months ago, I quit the digest mode for this list and the others
> that have the ".themacintoshguy.com" server address.  That is because
> the digests stopped coming out daily, even if there was only one item
> for the day.  It seemed the digests would collect items over a period
> of days until some numerical threshold came about, and some of the
> items were therefore many days old before I saw them.
> 
> OK, for the lowendmac and other e-lists where I still enjoy the digest
> mode, there are three things to accomplish.  Depending on the specific
> mail client that I use, today OS X Mail, and several months ago,
> Outlook Express, the specific button pushing and procedure is
> different.  With Mail, the process is a bit more clumsy than with
> Outlook Express.
> 
> Highlight only the individual message to which you reply.  Then hit the
> Reply button.
> 
> Ensure that your "From" address is the same as the address you used to
> subscribe to the list.  If you have more than one e-mail account, a
> different account name may appear in your From line.
> 
> Change the Subject line that results from your highlighting action to
> read something different than the title of the list.  Usually, I just
> copy and paste the specific subject of the poster's message.  If the
> subject is changing within the thread, it is usually appropriate to
> insert a new subject title, ending the new title with the old subject
> in parentheses.
> 
> And, like I am doing in this reply, you have the option of putting the
> poster's e-mail address in the Cc: line to ensure that the person
> receives your reply quicker than waiting for the digest.
> 
> In OS X Mail, the problem with this process is that when I hit Reply,
> the incoming digest message window disappears.  So, when I want to
> continue reading the digest, I have to go back to the Inbox to reopen
> it.  Or, if I want to adjust my treatment of my reply text by getting
> something that I had deleted, I have to reopen the digest.
> 
> On Feb 15, 2005, at 3:10 PM, Jim Thornton wrote:
> 
>> I've made a few posts to this list, but I don't know how to reply to an
>> existing post/thread. I receive the digest version, so it doesn't seem
>> likely that I'd just hit "reply" to continue the thread of an
>> individual
>> message within a digest. Further, the "Message-ID" seems to contain
>> the ISP
>> of the poster of that message, so I wouldn't expect that to be the way
>> to
>> reply to the entire list. I'm stumped. Thanks for any help you can
>> give.
> 
> Hope this helps, try it.
> 
> Al Poulin
> Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God,
> proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.