rayj@camco.Celestial.COM (Ray Jones) (11/16/90)
I finally figured out how to use the forms function of elm. There is a bug in elm that causes the system not to display the menu at the proper time, but if the response is given anyway the function does work. If you set "forms = ON" in the elmrc file and generate a message to someone who also has "forms = ON" and include the forms format i.e. Date: < note spaces Time: <spaces When you close the file and are given the choices e)dit message, edit h)eaders, s)end it, or f)orget it. for disposition of the message, respond with "m" and only then respond with "s" to send the form. The "m" response (make form) SHOULD be on that menu line but is not. The receipiant will see "NF" on the incomming mail (New Form) and when they give "r" (respond) each field will come to the screen, one at a time, to be filled in. Question: Is this a common bug or is it perculiar to my implementation? What is the fix? Elm Version and Identification Information: Elm 2.3 PL5, of May 1, 1990 (C) Copyright 1986, 1987 Dave Taylor (C) Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 USENET Community Trust ---------------------------------- Configured Sat Jul 21 10:39:51 PDT 1990 ---------------------------------- From: and Reply-To: addresses are good: USE_EMBEDDED_ADDRESSES Return addresses will be optimized: OPTIMIZE_RETURN Prefers Internet address formats: INTERNET No debug options are available: not DEBUG Crypt function disabled: not CRYPT Mailbox editing included: ALLOW_MAILBOX_EDITING Calendar file feature enabled: ENABLE_CALENDAR (Default calendar file is calendar)
syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) (11/16/90)
rayj@camco.Celestial.COM (Ray Jones) writes: >I finally figured out how to use the forms function of elm. >There is a bug in elm that causes the system not to display the menu >at the proper time, but if the response is given anyway the function >does work. [...] >When you close the file and are given the choices >e)dit message, edit h)eaders, s)end it, or f)orget it. >for disposition of the message, respond with "m" and only then respond >with "s" to send the form. The "m" response (make form) SHOULD be >on that menu line but is not. What is on that menu depends on your user-level setting. Their are many times within elm that not all the valid commands appear on the menu. And what does appear depends on the user-level setting. That is one of them. Its a design feature, not a bug. -- ===================================================================== Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator Datacomp Systems, Inc. Voice: (215) 947-9900 syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd FAX: (215) 938-0235
les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) (11/20/90)
Is it intentional that the parsing of the "Content-Type: mailform" header is case-sensitive and no longer accepts forms created by the AT&T PMX-mailers that use "Mailform"? Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us
syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) (11/20/90)
les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
:Is it intentional that the parsing of the "Content-Type: mailform"
:header is case-sensitive and no longer accepts forms created by
:the AT&T PMX-mailers that use "Mailform"?
No.
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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator
Datacomp Systems, Inc. Voice: (215) 947-9900
syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd FAX: (215) 938-0235