TSGL: Thunderbird questions

[Dave]

Hi Bob,
That red-dot box thing irritates me too! I wish Thunderbird had a simple 
option to prevent
those placeholders in the compose window. I want to see what's being 
sent, so.....
I use Forward as little as possible because one doesn't see everything 
in the Compose
window that will be viewed by the recipient.

I'd suggest instead using Reply, which will display the entire message 
including any previous
headers that have previously been sent to you. Be sure to change the TO 
address to the intended recipient.

Delete all visible headers in the message body, and especially do not 
fail to delete any list of email addresses that may
appear because someone previously in the thread inadvisedly used 
multiple "TO's" or "CC's" vs. BCC.

Lastly, page down & delete multiple signature or antivirus blessings 
(leave one if you like, and
your AV isn't configured to add one — it makes folks feel more secure 
about the content.

Using Reply vs. Forward is a little extra effort, but I think it's worth it.

dave r
> Bo...
>
> Yes the red box does not appear for the recipient, but 
> the FULL header info is still there. That's what I want 
> to eliminate.
>
> Bob
>
> Bo Maurin (KI/EAB) wrote:
>   
>> For your first question...
>> The ugly red box is for your view only. When you send the mail, the
>> receiver will not see it being displayed like that. Thus, you can ignore
>> the red box.
>> As a check, forward a message to your self and you will see how it look
>> like.
>> Regards / Bo 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
>> Behalf Of Trio800_BonBon
>> Sent: den 21 augusti 2006 21:55
>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> Subject: TSGL: Thunderbird questions
>>
>> My wife likes to forward messages. When she does, the "compose"  window
>> opens & the email contains red boxes with all the header information
>> included (about 20 lines worth).
>>
>> She manually deletes it as all it does is clutter up the message.
>>
>> I haven't been able to find a way to disable it.
>>
>> Is there a setting someplace that will eliminate this action by
>> thunderbird? (She has the latest version).
>>
>> In addition, if she forwards a message that contains an ".eml"
>> attachment, Tbird changes the name of the attachment to (null).eml in
>> the forwarded message
>>
>> If she leaves the header info in the message, the email will be sent and
>> received by the addressed recipient (in its original message form -
>> including the (null).eml attachment - but with all the header
>> garbage) . But if she deletes the header info, the email will be
>> returned as rejected because "the file (null).eml has been used in
>> malicious ways"
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
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