This plug-in came out of the frustration of not being able to change the ╘From:╒ header from the standard format user@host (Real name) to anything else. At times it would be a great convenience; as looking up Recipients when listed alphabetically by username is a bit awkward.
The notation Steve Dorner used in Eudora to represent user@host is ^0. This is the same as the Pop account. The Real name is represented as ^1. The default representation in Eudora is ^0 (^1) or user@host (Real name). If you want to place your real name first the format is ^1 <^0>. Another point is if your real name contains commas then the notation, ^1, must be place within quotation marks, e.g. ¼^1¼ <^0>.
After extensive searching via ResEdit, though the STR# resources of Eudora I found what I wanted. Fortunately others, far more talented than I, had previously written other plug-ins which I used somewhat as guides.
As an afterthought I added support for X-Headers. X-Headers must be in the format X-whatever: whatever. You must include the colon. Good for adding other email addresses. Unfortunately the server at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC) has filtered out all ╥unnecessary╙ headers in our mail. Thanks.
David M. Rosenberg has incorporated the next level of editing to Eudora RSVP prefs, the ability to edit the 'From:' field from the composition window. Eric Beaudoin further improved upon this by changing the method to a checkbox. My thanks go out to each of them.
Just like others plug-ins, Eudora RSVP prefs must be placed into the Preferences folder or into the same folder that the Eudora app is located (my personal preference).
Thanks to Steve Dorner and the folks at Qualcomm for producing the commercial Eudora and continuing to support the freeware version.
The notation for the 'From:' DITL contains single quotes around the carets, e.g. '^'1. This is so these notations will not be replaced with text from a recently opened dialog box. These should be interpreted without the single quotes.
This is freeware. There are no warranties, expressed or implied. If you like it or have other suggestions send email. Eudora RSVP prefs may be freely distributed but must be distributed with this ReadMe file.
Version History
1.0 -- initial release
1.1 -- ╥added╙ color icon resources to the Settings dialog. They actually reside in Eudora Color Icons 0.3 by Neil K. Guy. Actually, what I did was point to a few of his icon resources. So if you want to have color icons in the Settings dialog they are available at
http://www.tela.bc.ca/tela/cmei/cmei.html
1.2 -- fixed the 'From:' DITL notations so they won't be replaced by text from recently opened dialog boxes.
1.3 -- Support for editing the 'From:' field in the composition window added by David M. Rosenberg <rosenberg@mit.edu> and used with his permission.
1.4 -- Enhanced the method of choice to allow editing the 'From:' field using checkbox courtesy of Eric Beaudoin <Eric.Beaudoin@dmr.ca>.
