NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/mail/elm/2226

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Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!dwolfe
From: [e-mail] (Dave Wolfe)
Subject: Re: Creating A Form (???)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:31:09 GMT
References: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas
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In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (nancy khawand) writes:

>I am trying to create an ELM form letter.  As the manual states,
>I have modified set the variable forms in my .elm/elmrc file to
>ON.  Next I try sending a message and once in the editor I read
>in my form into the message.  Finally I exit the editor, but I
>don't see the M)ake form prompt, and 'm' doesn't do anything
>either.  What am I doing wrong?

If you don't see the M)ake form prompt, you didn't get forms turned on
in your elmrc somehow.  Were you in elm when you edited your elmrc file?
If so, you must exit and restart elm to re-read the changed elmrc file.
All I can tell you is it works for me! :-)

BTW, we use "canned" forms sent out directly via sendmail and have
discovered a bug in elm re responding to forms.  Elm doesn't clear all
the headers from any previous mailings/responses when responding to a
form, which can cause your response to the form to be mailed to
recipients you didn't intend to receive the filled out form.  I've sent
the patch to Syd and posted it here some time back.  Send me mail if
you want it.

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 Dave Wolfe   | 6501 William Cannon Dr. W. | [phone]
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