Slightly strange message format...

[julf]

Many thanks for the new forum, and especially thanks for trying to make
it fully e-mail-accessible! Receiving my first message from the list,
it still looks somewhat strange, see below.

Thanks and cheers,

Julf

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Well done Kevin, it is good to see a more permanant replacement for the BEEF where we can refer back to older posts. Good luck, I hope you are overflowing with new members.

Just one comment - what on earth is that frumpy old car doing up on the top right hand corner - I do think a 412 would have looked so much classier!!!

Philippa



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[Kevin H]

Hi Julf,

That's the way it should look. There is however one small bug we need to iron out which is why the username of the poster isn't displayed, although this only affects the first post in a new thread, not subsequent replies.

The two dashed lines showing where you are supposed to type your reply exist so that the email integration system knows what to 'parse' and insert into the web forum. It will ignore anything which is not between the lines.

Is this what you were meaning about it looking strange?

Regards,
Kevin

[julf]

Kevin,

Yes, that is what I found "strange". I do understand why it's
there, and I guess I will get used to it! No real problem
now that I know that is how it is supposed to look like, but
it does make reading a bit cumbersome, as the real contents
of the message comes 15 lines down. Would not a simple
one-line terminator (such as "** Please type your reply
above this line **") be enough, so that there would only
be 1 line of non-message stuff in the beginning?

Julf


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Hi Julf,

That's the way it should look. There is however one small bug we need to iron out which is why the username of the poster isn't displayed, although this only affects the first post in a new thread, not subsequent replies.

The two dashed lines showing where you are supposed to type your reply exist so that the email integration system knows what to 'parse' and insert into the web forum. It will ignore anything which is not between the lines.

Is this what you were meaning about it looking strange?

Regards,
Kevin



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PREVIOUS MESSAGE FROM: julf

Many thanks for the new forum, and especially thanks for trying to make
it fully e-mail-accessible! Receiving my first message from the list,
it still looks somewhat strange, see below.

Thanks and cheers,

Julf

BristolCars Info wrote:
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[Kevin Howard]

Julf,

There are reasons why the second line is necessary. Firstly it is quite important to have a end boundary to determine what the programme sees as the new message - it has to deal with a plethora of email clients with who knows what format. Secondly, given some people automatically add a signature to the end of their email messages, it means that this doesn't get included in the forum post, which is a good thing!

As for where the reply section appears, I will look into having it appear after the original message.

Kevin

[Nick Challacombe]

I suppose my email to you the other day did not fall into the correct
format
and therefore was not published.
Do I send it again or has it got lost in the ether,
Nick 407 6028

[Kevin H]

Hi Nick,
You emailed me direct the other day. I did wonder why you didn't post
it on the new site (this site). I was going to follow up with you and
got sidetracked!

May I suggest you post it in the 8 Cyl Bristol Cars forum on this site
- you can upload the photo as well. There are detailed instructions in
the FAQ section but if you need any help just let me know. If you are
uploading the photo it's best to log into the forum and do it on the
web rather than by email.

Regards,
Kevin

PS. I can post it for you, but I'm keen to see posts by a few people
other than myself!




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I suppose my email to you the other day did not fall into the correct
format
and therefore was not published.
Do I send it again or has it got lost in the ether,
Nick 407 6028





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Many thanks for the new forum, and especially thanks for trying to make
it fully e-mail-accessible! Receiving my first message from the list,
it still looks somewhat strange, see below.

Thanks and cheers,

Julf

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[julf]

Kevin,

> There are reasons why the second line is necessary.

I understand the need for a way to flag the reply part for the programme,
but I do feel one line would be sufficient - nothing needed at the
beginning,
and one line at the end of the "user reply" section.

> As for where the reply section appears, I will look into having it
> appear after the original message

That would definitely help! Appreciated!

Julf

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There are reasons why the second line is necessary. Firstly it is quite important to have a end boundary to determine what the programme sees as the new message - it has to deal with a plethora of email clients with who knows what format. Secondly, given some people automatically add a signature to the end of their email messages, it means that this doesn't get included in the forum post, which is a good thing!

As for where the reply section appears, I will look into having it appear after the original message.

Kevin



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Kevin,

Yes, that is what I found "strange". I do understand why it's
there, and I guess I will get used to it! No real problem
now that I know that is how it is supposed to look like, but
it does make reading a bit cumbersome, as the real contents
of the message comes 15 lines down. Would not a simple
one-line terminator (such as "** Please type your reply
above this line **") be enough, so that there would only
be 1 line of non-message stuff in the beginning?

Julf


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CURRENT MESSAGE FROM: Kevin Howard

Hi Julf,

That's the way it should look. There is however one small bug we need to iron out which is why the username of the poster isn't displayed, although this only affects the first post in a new thread, not subsequent replies.

The two dashed lines showing where you are supposed to type your reply exist so that the email integration system knows what to 'parse' and insert into the web forum. It will ignore anything which is not between the lines.

Is this what you were meaning about it looking strange?

Regards,
Kevin



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PREVIOUS MESSAGE FROM: julf

Many thanks for the new forum, and especially thanks for trying to make
it fully e-mail-accessible! Receiving my first message from the list,
it still looks somewhat strange, see below.

Thanks and cheers,

Julf

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[Nick Challacombe]

Hi Kevin,
I did not as I had just received your message and was non the wiser so
I replied to the message I received.
This old age pensioner has not got around to Cutting and pasting etc
I had to work hard to try and get Ruths picture to you.
If you could post it for me I would be very grateful.
I had at that time not received any emails in this new format.

Thank you

Nick

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Hi Nick,
You emailed me direct the other day. I did wonder why you didn't post
it on the new site (this site). I was going to follow up with you and
got sidetracked!

May I suggest you post it in the 8 Cyl Bristol Cars forum on this site
- you can upload the photo as well. There are detailed instructions in
the FAQ section but if you need any help just let me know. If you are
uploading the photo it's best to log into the forum and do it on the
web rather than by email.

Regards,
Kevin

PS. I can post it for you, but I'm keen to see posts by a few people
other than myself!




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I suppose my email to you the other day did not fall into the correct
format
and therefore was not published.
Do I send it again or has it got lost in the ether,
Nick 407 6028





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Many thanks for the new forum, and especially thanks for trying to make
it fully e-mail-accessible! Receiving my first message from the list,
it still looks somewhat strange, see below.

Thanks and cheers,

Julf

BristolCars Info wrote:
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PREVIOUS MESSAGE FROM: Nick Challacombe

I suppose my email to you the other day did not fall into the correct
format
and therefore was not published.
Do I send it again or has it got lost in the ether,
Nick 407 6028





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Many thanks for the new forum, and especially thanks for trying to make
it fully e-mail-accessible! Receiving my first message from the list,
it still looks somewhat strange, see below.

Thanks and cheers,

Julf

BristolCars Info wrote:
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